David Cameron... has stated that he is
certainly a big Thatcher fan, but I don't know whether that makes me a Thatcherite,which means he's not. Since he is
not deeply ideologicalhe lacks core principles and is easily led. He has been described as
certainly not a Pitt, Elder or Younger,but he does wear a nice suit so maybe he's Beau Brummel ...
criticized Monday the use of the term "Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
" by the BBC when referring to the so-called 'Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
... the current version of al-Qaeda in Iraq, just as blood-thirsty and well-beloved as the original...
' (ISIL) takfiri
...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed...
group.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4, Cameron said he preferred the terms "so-called" or "ISIL".
"I wish the BBC would stop calling it 'Islamic State' because it is not an Islamic state," said Cameron in an interview, three days after the Tunisia beach attack that killed 30 British tourists.
"What it is is an appalling barbarous regime that is a perversion of the religion of Islam," said the British prime minister.
In his remarks, Cameron said "the fight against the barbaric terrorist organization is the struggle of our generation," stressing importance of fighting ISIL in every sense.
"We have to fight it with everything we can," said Cameron, adding that the strategy was to build local armies in fighting against the gang.
At least 30 Britons are believed to have been killed in the beach massacre in Tunisia as informed sources said the eventual figure could be even higher.