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hifiguy

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8. I think it is just as likely that ISIL are

Reply to mfcorey1 (Original post)

Wed Sep 3, 2014, 12:35 PM

Sep 2014

a tool of the Saudis. For the last forty years all you need to do to find Saudi money and backing is find a Sunni extremist who preaches the blighted and nearly psychotic tenets of Wahhabism. Which is Saudi to the core. Saudi Arabia is the asshole of the world.

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Middle East Time Bomb: The Real Aim of ISIS Is to Replace the Saud Family as the New Emirs of Arabia [View all] mfcorey1 Sep 2014 OP

So, it's a cult basically. Nt justiceischeap Sep 2014 #1

More like a denomination. DetlefK Sep 2014 #5

"Dash" is an artificial construct. CJCRANE Sep 2014 #2

Theology aside, ISIS wants to overthrow Assad, the Saudis want to overthrow Assad. KurtNYC Sep 2014 #3

The Saudis only want to get rid of Assad because he's an ally of Iran. DetlefK Sep 2014 #6

Makes sense on a lot of levels. closeupready Sep 2014 #4

Since the goal of landed gentry in America is to be Overlords of the New World, I think one should Fred Sanders Sep 2014 #7

I think it is just as likely that ISIL are hifiguy Sep 2014 #8

And bite the hand that feeds them? eissa Sep 2014 #9