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34. I'm asking that question now on

Fri Aug 8, 2014, 10:11 PM

Aug 2014

different websites. Something is very strange about ISIS, like how have they been able to conquer stuff so fast? Are they getting secret intel from somewhere. How come every time I talk to an Islamic about them, he/she always says how smart they are. Smart? Why would they be considered smart? Are we being played?

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Isis brings its war to Lebanon - and it could be key to a masterplan [View all] Rhinodawg Aug 2014 OP

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Aug 2014 #1

Syria---> Iraq----> Lebanon (----> Jordan?) Rhinodawg Aug 2014 #2

I believe Isis needs to be stopped as well. n/t Uncle Joe Aug 2014 #3

Update: Syria---> Iraq----> Lebanon ----> Jordan------>ISRAEL Rhinodawg Aug 2014 #7

What are they doing in Israel, do you have a link? n/t Uncle Joe Aug 2014 #8

There is some thought that thats in their plans. Rhinodawg Aug 2014 #9

Lets hope the go for Israel, that's one problem that would solve itself.. EX500rider Aug 2014 #20

k&r for exposure. n/t Laelth Aug 2014 #4

Hezbollah will stop them LittleBlue Aug 2014 #5

ISIS Invades Lebanon, Hezbollah Steps Back Rhinodawg Aug 2014 #6

Weird. I was just reading on twitter that they killed 250 ISIS LittleBlue Aug 2014 #11

and their masterplan is? Baclava Aug 2014 #10

What strikes me as funny is if this ISIS org is really truedelphi Aug 2014 #12

The whole thing smells fishy to me, honestly. I trust no one at this point. arcane1 Aug 2014 #13

oh yeah! - ISIS is a CIA/Jew plot to take over the Iraqi oil fields! Baclava Aug 2014 #14

Wow, that was a colossally ignorant thing to say. arcane1 Aug 2014 #15

I only reflect the ignorance around me Baclava Aug 2014 #16

And I'm an anti-semite because I don't know which media source to trust. arcane1 Aug 2014 #17

so tell me about this grand ISIS worldwide plot Baclava Aug 2014 #19

Here s a comment from a friend of mine on FB - truedelphi Aug 2014 #22

believe what you want - Facebook posts are beyond my security level Baclava Aug 2014 #25

Here is an article, originating as a Reuters stringer file, indicating that truedelphi Aug 2014 #26

There's them damn crickets again ReRe Aug 2014 #31

I am thinking that the a-semite term has been so totally over-used that truedelphi Aug 2014 #24

There is something weird going on, but I am ballyhoo Aug 2014 #29

A direct attack on Israel from where? oberliner Aug 2014 #18

Well, I have been told that it only took 19 Muslims with box cutters truedelphi Aug 2014 #42

They have a much different approach to airline security over there oberliner Aug 2014 #49

Why? Igel Aug 2014 #21

Killing the "wrong" Muslims is just as important to them hack89 Aug 2014 #50

None of this should be unexpected: freshwest Aug 2014 #23

Okay, you had to get scary... ballyhoo Aug 2014 #32

History is scary. The unknown is scary. The world is an unsafe place. No sweat. freshwest Aug 2014 #35

THAT... ReRe Aug 2014 #33

I consider the history of the world that I've learned from stories at DU, whether I agree with them, freshwest Aug 2014 #38

"Agree or don't agree..." ReRe Aug 2014 #48

I respect it and appreciate your compiling of historical precedent for what The Islamic State say ancianita Aug 2014 #46

Excellent post. Laelth Aug 2014 #51

Could PNAC be funding ISIS? woodsprite Aug 2014 #27

I'm asking that question now on ballyhoo Aug 2014 #34

Success = Smart. And it ain't all about 'Murika, unless we made China take over Tibet, etc. freshwest Aug 2014 #41

Excellent, freshwest. If you're not too busy tomorrow could you tell ballyhoo Aug 2014 #43

Sorry, that's untrue from the get go. PBO did not say only if American forces were attacked. freshwest Aug 2014 #44

Snark? Okay, see ya.... ballyhoo Aug 2014 #45

The video does more than criticize Obama. It points out that the USA most undoubtedly truedelphi Aug 2014 #52

Many people trying to put together the pieces of the international puzzle keep coming up truedelphi Aug 2014 #36

Only if PNAC was created in the Middle Ages, I think... freshwest Aug 2014 #40

What's a good villain without a master plan? tclambert Aug 2014 #28

Go Pinkie! I think... freshwest Aug 2014 #39

setting Syria on fire was a mistake ...nt quadrature Aug 2014 #30

My mom is in Lebanon right now visiting relatives Tony_FLADEM Aug 2014 #37

I have to take leaders of the proclaimed caliphate at their word, whether other Muslims doubt him or ancianita Aug 2014 #47