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Video And Transcript: NPR's Interview With President Obama : NPR Notable Quotes:   On "ISIS" strategy : "aiming and shooting": "But what I would say to my successor is that it is important not just to shoot but to aim , and it is important in this seat to make sure that you are making your best judgments based on data, intelligence, the information that's coming from your commanders and folks on the ground, and you're not being swayed by politics."  See more on this subject ("Don't do the thing I've done"):  Obama's struggle to realise anti-war rhetoric  - BBC:  Admittedly, the current US military deployments of a few thousand in total are a far cry from the height of US deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, the two wars he had promised to end, while Syria is the one he tried to avoid until he felt it was no longer tenable. But there is currently no likely scenario under which any of these wars will co

"You have a First Amendment right to be obnoxious   — especially when you are dealing with a matter of public concern — unless you are threatening violence or behaving in a way that will provoke violence immediately," Meltsner said. - Massachusetts Court to Hear Case on Profanity-Laced Letter ____________________________________________________________ Syria: Russia will utilise increased ‘military means’ if necessary, says Putin – video | World news | The Guardian   Most Syrian rebels sympathise with Isis, says thinktank | World news | The Guardian Over '100 dead' as Turkey presses major offensive against PKK | Daily Mail Online Turkish military offensive kills 110 Kurdish militants in six days: security sources | Top News | Reuters Turkish military offensive kills 110 Kurdish militants in six days: security sources | TODAYonline 10,000 Turkish troops attack PKK cells in three cities Notorious Lebanese militant reported killed in airstrike outside

M.N.: If not ISIS, then "Shmisis":  "The thinktank, run by the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, said: “The west risks making a strategic failure by focusing only on IS. Defeating it militarily will not end global jihadism. We cannot bomb an ideology, but our war is ideological.” ...  “If Isis is defeated, there are at least 65,000 fighters belonging to other Salafi-jihadi groups ready to take its place." “The greatest danger to the international community are the groups that share the ideology of Isis, but are being ignored in the battle to defeat the group. “While military efforts against Isis are necessary, policy makers must recognise that its defeat will not end the threat of Salafi-jihadism unless it is accompanied by an intellectual and theological defeat of the pernicious ideology that drives it.” Most Syrian rebels sympathise with Isis, says thinktank | World news | The Guardian Over '100 dead' as Turkey presses major offensive against PKK

" Her message, though, was overshadowed by a camera shot of a framed photo of herself of a bookshelf – complete with three figurines posed bowing in homage to her image. Jarrett later fell back on a tweet claiming it was 'a gag gift .'"  President Obama's adviser Valerie Jarrett says she'll 'stay until the lights go off' | Daily Mail Online Valerie Jarrett, Obama's Heinrich Himmler, has her sights on American Patriots and her finger on the trigger - Tea Party News Muslim Government in the U.S. : snopes.com Obama’s Éminence Grise - National Review Online What’s the secret to Valerie Jarrett’s security detail? | Chicago Sun-Times OverpassesForAmerica – VALERIE JARRETT, WHITE HOUSE JIHADIST (read more here) #o4a #news Valerie Jarrett Quotes - BrainyQuote Obama's Right Hand: Valerie Jarrett's Ties To Communisum | The SUA Blog | Stand Up America US Valerie Jarrett, Obama’s ‘Berlin Wall’ - National Revie