ISIL is not at war against America and does not represent any religion

Marie Harf, the brains behind the administration. Jump to 1:10.

Reporter:  But they are announcing that it's a war against America. Right or wrong, that's ... that's what they are saying.
Harf: Well, they can say whatever they like, but what I am making clear is that's not what ISIL represents. And they don't represent any religion. Uh, they are at war with everybody they come into contact with. And that's why we are very focused. Uh, when we, uh, outline goals. On .. on attacking their targets when they threaten those goals. On helping the Iraqis gain a capability to fight this threat on their own.  And to be very clear, uh, holding people accountable when they hurt our people. That's something we are very focused on, uh and that's certainly what will be a guiding principle of our action going forward.