The Phrase Putin Never Uses About Terrorism (and Trump Does) - The New York Times - 0 views
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once famously saying he would find Chechen terrorists sitting in the “outhouse” and “rub them out.”
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He and President Trump, notably dismissive of political correctness, would seem to have found common language on fighting terrorism — except on one point of, well, language.
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He has never described terrorists as “Islamic” and has repeatedly gone out of his way to denounce such language.
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a group he often refers to as “the so-called Islamic State,” to emphasize a distinction with the Islamic religion.
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He was careful to add, “Muslim leaders are bravely and fearlessly using their own influence to resist this extremist propaganda.”
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Instead, Russian counterterrorism strategy focused on financing and militarily backing moderate Muslim leaders
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“He cannot say ‘Islamic terrorism’ for a simple reason. He doesn’t want to alienate millions of Russians.”
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In a phone call on Friday, President Trump and Mr. Putin discussed “real cooperation” in fighting terrorist groups in Syria. They could agree on an enemy. But the Kremlin statement described a “priority placed on uniting forces in the fight against the main threat — international terrorism.”
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I find this article very interesting because it does some analysis to the language president use in politics. It sort of related to the language topic we discussed in TOK. President is a job that has to make sure he get the majority right, so what language he uses is very important. In this article, Putin's language when he addresses the terrorism of Islamic extremists is very interesting. Russia is a country with a lot of Muslims, so he has to be careful about not to labeling the entire religious groups as terrorists. Whenever he describe the group, he carefully distinguish the moderates from the extremists to keep the support from the majority of Russian. Trump should do some thinking on the language he is using since he is a president now. --Sissi (2/2/2017)