As Gov. Bobby Jindal continues on his European economic development trip that began this past weekend, The Weekly Standard reports the potential 2016 presidential candidate is poised to deliver “a major foreign policy address next week in London” in which he’ll take aim at the Democrat’s likely 2016 candidate, Hillary Clinton.
The conservative publication, which has obtained lengthy excerpts of the governor’s address, reports Jindal will also call out radical Islam in the wake of last week’s Paris terrorist attacks.
Referring to Clinton’s recent comment on having empathy for the views of America’s enemies, the excerpts show Jindal is planning to say this: “Our former Secretary of State in America recently said that we need to ‘show respect for our enemies’ and ’empathize with their perspective and point of view.’ Well, yes, understanding our enemies as a means of destroying them, I’m all for that. But empathizing with them as if perhaps we can find some common ground, I have no interest in that kind of mindless naiveté.”
As for his prepared remarks on the recent jihadist attacks in Paris, Jindal plans to say: “I will warn you in advance that I’m going to say some things that are not politically correct, so brace yourselves.
“To be clear, I have no interest in defaming any religion, nor do I have any interest in assigning the maniacal acts of radical Islamists to millions of Muslims worldwide. I’m interested only in dealing with reality and facts,” Jindal will go on to say. “And the fact is that radical Islamists do not believe in freedom or common decency nor are they willing to accommodate it in any way and anywhere. We need to stop pretending otherwise.” Read the full story.
