Marco Rubio Quotes

Isis Remains! ISIS Expands!.

ISIL does something al-Qaida would never imagine: they test people by tasking them.

ISIL is a terrorist army like we have never seen - they cannot be ignored.

We need to view ISIS as an enemy.

ISIL is a terrorist organization, pure and simple. And it has no vision other than the slaughter of all who stand in its way.

ISIS is a virulent, nasty organization that has gained a foothold in ungoverned spaces effectively in Syria and parts of western Iraq. We have to take it seriously. They've shown in Paris what they can do in an organized fashion.

The Iraq conflict, while not a cause of extremism, has become a cause for extremists.

ISIS is the new jihad - violent jihadist vanguard in the Middle East and globally.

Nevertheless, I do know that we are part of a danger zone, we have military operations in Afghanistan and we're training the Iraqi police force. The terrorists also have us in their sights.

Al Zarqawi had a long history of terrorism. He was responsible for several bombings and beheadings in Iraq, including Pennsylvania native Nicholas Berg.

The Muslim Brotherhood is the parent organization of extreme ideology. They are the godfather of all terrorist organizations. They spread it all over the world.

If you think you can finish ISIS off with the PYD and YPG, you cannot, because they are terrorist groups as well.

We have to face the fact that ISIS and its army of like-minded jihadists are determined to win that war and believe they are on the path to victory. They may well be right.

The fact is, the Middle East has been going crazy for 50, 60, 70 years. So it's not like, 'Oh, I need an ISIS joke.'

I do not believe that the Sunni tribes have gone over to the Islamic State.

ISIL is inspiring groups that already exist to rebrand themselves, but in rebranding themselves into a more radical ideology. That's what makes it dangerous.

Anything I can do to help destroy ISIS, I will support that.

It is in our interest to crush ISIS, terrorist groups like the al-Nusra front and Ahrar ash-Sham, and Iran's puppet Assad.

No doubt, the fight against ISIS is deadly serious, as was the raid that took down their elusive leader.

Terrorists are everywhere and, emphatically, not only in Iraq.

Isil poses a threat to the people of Iraq and Syria, and the broader Middle East - including American citizens, personnel and facilities. If left unchecked, these terrorists could pose a growing threat beyond that region, including to the United States.

Al-Qaida in particular remains dangerous, and there [in Iraq] is some residual militia and special group presence. There are still between 20 and 30 attacks per day, still periodic car bombs and still loss of innocent civilians.

The United States of America is engaged in a war against an extremist group of folks.

ISIS is a terrorist entity whose barbarities have been condemned by all those who value our common humanity. In the current political climate, when hate crimes are rising and political rhetoric is increasingly divisive, this is all the more shocking.

We call for, on the other hand - how do you deal with ISIS [Islamic State], of course, is the question that comes up immediately, ISIS and other terrorist groups.