Speaking at the University of Minnesota-Minneapolis, Hillary Clinton, Democratic presidential front-runner, said that Muslim-Americans are the "first, last and best defense against homegrown radicalization and terrorism," reports CNN.
Clinton's stand is in stark contrast to Donald Trump, who wants to ban all Muslims from entering the U.S. You can read more on that story here at HNGN.
"I am confident once again we will choose resolve over fear. And we will defeat these new enemies just as we have defeated those who have threatened us in the past, because it is not enough to contain ISIS - we must defeat ISIS," Clinton continued, according to CNN.
Clinton sought the help of tech companies to help combat ISIS. "The tech community and the government have to stop seeing each other as adversaries," Clinton said, according to The New York Times. Clinton also requested technology firms to remove websites and videos that propagate the ideology of the Islamic State.
Ridiculing Senator Ted Cruz's threat of "carpet bombing" ISIS strongholds in Syria, Clinton said, "Shallow slogans don't add up to a strategy. Bluster and bigotry are not credentials for becoming commander in chief."
Clinton had a special request "to all our Muslim brothers and sisters: This is your country, too, and I am proud to be your fellow American," she said, in a statement that put her on the opposite side of Republican candidates.
To sum up, Clinton's strategy against the ISIS is: "One, defeat ISIS in the Middle East by smashing its stronghold, hitting its fighters, leaders and infrastructure and intensifying support for local forces who can pursue them on the ground. Second, defeat them around the world by dismantling the global network of terror that supplies radical jihadists with money, arms, propaganda and fighters. Third, defeat them here at home by foiling plots, disrupting radicalization and hardening our defenses.
"Now, these three lines of effort reinforce one another, so we need to pursue them all at once using every pillar of American power," Clinton said, according to The Washington Free Beacon.
