December 02, 2015 "Information
Clearing House" - "The
Hill" - Republican
presidential front-runner Donald Trump suggested
Wednesday that the families of terrorists ought to be
targeted in the fight against Islamist militants.
Trump made the remark during an interview
on "Fox & Friends," noting the Obama administration
wants to see Syrian President Bashar al-Assad leave
power while the U.S. is simultaneously working to defeat
the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a common
enemy.
"You've got to pick who you're
fighting, you can't fight everybody," Trump said on the
show.
"ISIS is our No. 1 threat," Trump
continued. "I would knock the hell out of them. I like
to do one thing at a time."
Asked about the possibility of
civilian casualties, Trump initially pointed to
civilians being used as human shields before suggesting
the families of terrorists should be targeted.
"I would do my best, absolute best — I
mean, one of the problems we have or one of the reasons
we're so ineffective, you know, they're trying to,
they're using them as shields. It's a horrible thing,"
the real estate tycoon said.
"But we're fighting a very politically
correct war. And the other thing is with the terrorists,
you have to take out their families," Trump added.
"When you get these terrorists, you
have to take out their families. They care about their
lives, don't kid yourself. But they say they don't care
about their lives. You have to take out their families."
