On the recordAugust 21, 2014
You cannot kill all the militants in the world with all the air strikes in the world. It just doesn't work that way. You have to kill the ideology.
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Martin Dempsey
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transcripts.cnn.comMartin Dempsey: “You cannot kill all the militants in the world with all the air strikes in the world. It just doesn't work that way. You…”
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General Martin Dempsey highlights the need for a broader political effort to combat the ideology behind terrorism, beyond just military action.
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