Jordan king says war against Islamic State is WWIII

Jordan’s King Abdullah II described the fight against Islamic State as akin to a third world war last week.

 

“We have to stand up and say, ‘This is the line that is drawn in the sand,’” the king said in an interview that was broadcast on CBS’s This Morning on Friday.

 

“It’s clearly a fight between good and evil.”

 

“This is a Muslim problem. We need to take ownership of this. We need to stand up and say what is right and what is wrong,” Abdullah told CBS News’ Charlie Rose.

 

“I hope the short term part of it is going to be the military, the medium term is the security aspect of it. But the long term is going to be the ideological one,” the king said of defeating Islamic State.

 

The king also linked the Israeli- Palestinian conflict to extremists’ rise in the region, asserting, “You know, whether it’s true or not, that argument is still being used by the extremists.

 

 

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