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(3,979 posts) Fri Sep 26, 2014, 01:37 PM Sep 2014

Thom Hartmann: Is ISIS a Product of Libertarian Economics?

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Thom Hartmann: Is ISIS a Product of Libertarian Economics? (Original Post) thomhartmann Sep 2014 OP

I have a libertarian friend, and we talk past each other just like that. immoderate Sep 2014 #1

Really interesting stuff here, but.. ZakCarter Sep 2014 #2

immoderate

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1. I have a libertarian friend, and we talk past each other just like that.

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Fri Sep 26, 2014, 01:57 PM

Sep 2014

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ZakCarter

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2. Really interesting stuff here, but..

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Fri Sep 26, 2014, 02:09 PM

Sep 2014

I wonder which has had a bigger impact in creating ISIS and other groups - libertarian economics or our constant interventions in the region for a very long time? We've been funding and training groups allied with ISIS in Syria for the past 2 years, and created the conditions that allowed them safe haven in Iraq when we got rid of Saddam Hussein.

We've been messing with other countries in the region as well....

"In 1953, Eisenhower ordered the CIA to depose Mohammed Mossadegh, the popular, elected leader of the Iranian parliament and an ardent nationalist who opposed British and American influence in Iran."

http://middleeast.about.com/od/usmideastpolicy/a/me070909b.htm

I would argue that our foreign policy has had the bigger impact....

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