Tony Blair has said that “many millions” of Muslims hold a viewpoint that is “fundamentally incompatible with the modern world.”
Rejecting arguments that ISIS is simply “tens of thousands of brainwashed crazies,” he said ISIS, the militant group also known as the Islamic State, ISIL, or Daesh, “does not seek dialogue but dominance.”
“It cannot therefore be contained,” he said. “It has to be defeated.”
To mitigate against such attacks, the former British prime minister argued for “active on-the-ground military support” for Arab armies, saying ISIS militants “have to be crushed.”
He also called for the creation of a pan-national anti-terror force, saying: “We must build military capability able to confront and defeat the terrorists wherever they try to hold territory. This is a challenge for the West.”
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