Islamic State must be defeated not contained: Clinton

US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has said the Islamic State militant group must be defeated not contained, even as she asserted that the US was not at "war with Islam" but against violent extremism.
"I think that we have to look at ISIS as the leading threat of an international terror network. It cannot be contained, it must be defeated," Clinton, the leading Democratic presidential candidate, said during a Democratic presidential debate yesterday.
Her remarks came a day after the horrific terror attacks in Paris that claimed over 120 lives. The responsibility of the attacks has been claimed by ISIS.

With the carnage in Paris taking centre stage at the Democratic presidential debate, the three candidates -- Clinton, liberal Senator Bernie Sanders and former Maryland governor Martin O'Malley -- began their debate with a moment of silence for the victims in France.
"We are not at war with Islam," Clinton, the former secretary of state, said, adding that, "We are at war with violent extremism."
Clinton stressed that this cannot be an American fight, although American leadership is essential.

"We need to have a resolve that will bring the world together to root out the kind of radical jihadist ideology that motivates organisations like ISIS, a barbaric, ruthless, violent jihadist terrorist group," she said.

"This election is not only about electing a president. It's also about choosing our next commander-in-chief. And I will be laying out in detail, what I think we need to do with our friends and allies in Europe and elsewhere to do a better job of coordinating efforts against the scourge of terrorism," Clinton asserted.
Clinton's rival Sanders said he wants to get this planet rid of ISIS.
"International terrorism is a major issue that we have got to address today," he said but disagreed with Clinton that the bulk of the responsibility is not America's.
"In fact, I would argue that the disastrous invasion of Iraq, something that I strongly opposed, has unravelled the region completely and led to the rise of al-Qaeda and to ISIS," Sanders said.