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62. Mmm...corn bread with some honey-butter. My favorite!

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Thu Sep 4, 2014, 01:29 PM

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Afraid of ISIS? [View all] WilliamPitt Sep 2014 OP

So aside from social media and main street news Sopkoviak Sep 2014 #1

Yellow Cake! Johonny Sep 2014 #2

ooooh my gawdd!!! yuiyoshida Sep 2014 #52

Mmm...corn bread with some honey-butter. My favorite! BlueCaliDem Sep 2014 #62

there are some major 'buts' samsingh Sep 2014 #3

Tens of thousands? WilliamPitt Sep 2014 #4

Between Syria and Iraq leftynyc Sep 2014 #5

Amateurs. progressoid Sep 2014 #28

Not really the point, is it? (n/t) leftynyc Sep 2014 #36

I dunno. What is the point? progressoid Sep 2014 #43

Well, installing Saddam Hussein *did* keep radical-Muslims in check, didn't it? BlueCaliDem Sep 2014 #63

Uh - no leftynyc Sep 2014 #77

Everytime we go into Iraq AgingAmerican Sep 2014 #49

I have no argument with that statement at all leftynyc Sep 2014 #78

When including the children they teach to hate 24/7, yes. Amonester Sep 2014 #8

Their children are the only ones taught to hate? WilliamPitt Sep 2014 #9

Although you've got a point that needs adressing (not my job)... Amonester Sep 2014 #12

Really. WilliamPitt Sep 2014 #13

What can I answer other than not in my civilized country? Amonester Sep 2014 #15

That is scarier than ISIS IMHO BobbyBoring Sep 2014 #45

Joining the police is a form of hatred? Renew Deal Sep 2014 #24

Yeah, because that's what I said. WilliamPitt Sep 2014 #27

In a way, yes. ncjustice80 Sep 2014 #79

What the poster is getting at... Scootaloo Sep 2014 #61

I looked at some news reports about Boudica the Lyoness Sep 2014 #72

A lot of them are westerners and other foreigners. CJCRANE Sep 2014 #53

So then we went in and executed a million of THEM. Mostly Sunnis in the beginning. sabrina 1 Sep 2014 #7

Exactly. This is why we must abandon the Middle East. ncjustice80 Sep 2014 #80

+1000 polly7 Sep 2014 #93

Sorry about your hand, Polly, hope it heals quickly. Your posts are gold on this forum. sabrina 1 Sep 2014 #95

For myself no, for others yes. Donald Ian Rankin Sep 2014 #6

You didn't mention Feral Child Sep 2014 #37

Or space rabbits. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Sep 2014 #39

Not sure I get your response. Feral Child Sep 2014 #67

Of course! I'm terrified of ISIS! Maedhros Sep 2014 #10

My Fox News spewing gas pump tells me I should be more afraid of Ebola corkhead Sep 2014 #16

There was also a report "Bin Laden Determined To Strike". KittyWampus Sep 2014 #11

Oh c'mon. Pretty far-fetched stuff. Nye Bevan Sep 2014 #22

-snicker- KittyWampus Sep 2014 #25

You win the thread! MohRokTah Sep 2014 #38

It's our patriotic duty to be terrified of all the current bogeymen. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #14

and apparently it's also some people's duty to pretend there are no threats whatsoever. KittyWampus Sep 2014 #18

Do you feel threatened and/or terrified? Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #21

No, but that doesn't mean I'm going to pretend there is no possible threat. KittyWampus Sep 2014 #23

Yes, and there's a threat that a meteorite may slam into your car. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #31

I didn't "pretend" there was no possible threat before 9/11 either. Hissyspit Sep 2014 #89

So what is the threat to the US? morningfog Sep 2014 #30

Currently, the best intelligence we have indicates that ISIS msanthrope Sep 2014 #55

Agreed. And not war. morningfog Sep 2014 #64

Well, more like coordinated limited military action and intelligence operations designed to msanthrope Sep 2014 #84

It is difficult to tell when the wolf is real, but having been deceived often does not mean uppityperson Sep 2014 #17

isis is not a secular state actor like saddam. its far more akin to al qaeda and emerged La Lioness Priyanka Sep 2014 #19

yeah a friend was just on facebook saying that they were "terrified of 9/11" Horse with no Name Sep 2014 #20

No. I'm busy watching the US Open Tennis Tournament. Amonester Sep 2014 #26

My response to fearmongers: Neah neah-neah neah neah. . . DinahMoeHum Sep 2014 #29

I expect them to strike within 24 business hours. Nye Bevan Sep 2014 #32

I hear they only work 9-5 flamingdem Sep 2014 #35

* "Bin Laden determined to strike in US" -- Presidential Daily Briefing. August 8, 2001 Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2014 #33

Using 9/11 to gin up fear and paranoia. WilliamPitt Sep 2014 #34

For someone who supposedly makes his living through writing and analysis Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2014 #46

It is what I call the Bullshitter's Privilege Dreamer Tatum Sep 2014 #56

OMG! "TEH FEAR" IS HERE! WE"RE GONNA BE ATTACKED!!!1!!1 Zorra Sep 2014 #98

Obama's head on a pike? AgingAmerican Sep 2014 #73

I am quite interested in your reply to post #46. Still waiting. nt msanthrope Sep 2014 #48

He did reply. In his next post. Hissyspit Sep 2014 #76

Um, no. Mr. Pitt has not replied to post #46. nt msanthrope Sep 2014 #83

Quick! Which one of these things could have prevented the 9/11 attacks? Chathamization Sep 2014 #59

And you will note RobertEarl Sep 2014 #110

No. That paragraph refers to an anticipated electoral backlash. nt Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2014 #112

But but but ISIS is bringing us a mushroom cloud! nt Ilsa Sep 2014 #40

Islamic State is ABSOLUTELY an existential threat to the domestic security of the United States. MohRokTah Sep 2014 #41

My fear of ISIS...... NCTraveler Sep 2014 #42

I Love The Who... Playinghardball Sep 2014 #44

That's what I vote for, more The Who. littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #54

I'm afraid for the people they're brutalizing, polly7 Sep 2014 #47

George W. Bush. nt ncjustice80 Sep 2014 #81

Exactly. And for all we've given up to fund our "security state" in financing for social suffragette Sep 2014 #101

It is in the back in the mind when I am on the subeays, bridges, and crowds but hrmjustin Sep 2014 #50

I've said it before and I'll say it again. I'm more afraid of the RW crazies with sinkingfeeling Sep 2014 #51

Afraid of the Boston Marathon, Will? msanthrope Sep 2014 #57

What kind of game are you playing, ms? RobertEarl Sep 2014 #111

*ahem* WilliamPitt Sep 2014 #58

American Jihadists in Syria Could Bring Fight Home U.S. Official (Olsen) Warns *cough* Turborama Sep 2014 #105

So which is true? Hissyspit Sep 2014 #118

Well, there is a strong possibility some American jihadis will return Turborama Sep 2014 #120

There's always a strong possibility of everything, apparently. Hissyspit Sep 2014 #121

Yeah, there's also a strong possibility none of them plan to ever go back to the US Turborama Sep 2014 #122

I'm more afraid of our militarized police force than I am of Isis. Initech Sep 2014 #60

YESSSS!!!!! Autumn Colors Sep 2014 #65

My main fear and loathing of ISIS comes as a citizen of the world Jack Rabbit Sep 2014 #66

+1000. nt. polly7 Sep 2014 #69

Glad you posted that. Well said. It deserves an OP. KittyWampus Sep 2014 #74

ISIS seems to be very different than your average terrorist org. alarimer Sep 2014 #116

If I am to fear a boogyman... abakan Sep 2014 #68

Not only that, but those bloodthirsty Sandinistas are just a day's drive from Harlingen, Texas! RufusTFirefly Sep 2014 #70

yep heaven05 Sep 2014 #71

K&R n/t whatchamacallit Sep 2014 #75

"First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Socialist." pampango Sep 2014 #82

Nah, fuck em. Mr. Olsen says they are not planning an attack on us and Autumn Sep 2014 #85

Are you kidding me?!! sub.theory Sep 2014 #86

No, he's not kidding you. Hissyspit Sep 2014 #87

Right, it's all a conspiracy sub.theory Sep 2014 #88

Yeah, I said it was a conspiracy... Hissyspit Sep 2014 #90

Nice gaslighting sub.theory Sep 2014 #91

I didn't say it was all propaganda. Nice misrepresentation. Hissyspit Sep 2014 #92

It's ok, Hissyspit sub.theory Sep 2014 #94

If I thought we we were really innocent in all of this I might be dumbfounded too. Live and Learn Sep 2014 #104

lies.. spanone Sep 2014 #96

When did so many Americans, even DUers, become addicted to fear? JEB Sep 2014 #97

Go watch the video of them executing thousands of young Iraqi men. joshcryer Sep 2014 #99

Exactly what national interests would be threatened? nt Zorra Sep 2014 #100

Regional security. joshcryer Sep 2014 #102

A force, we helped create. Who could have seen that coming? Live and Learn Sep 2014 #107

False. joshcryer Sep 2014 #108

Just like Hissyspit Sep 2014 #117

I'm all feared out! Live and Learn Sep 2014 #103

Syria Needs Aid Workers sub.theory Sep 2014 #115

Nayirah al-Sabah nationalize the fed Sep 2014 #106

Not in the least, and I'm about 4000 miles closer to them than you are. Spider Jerusalem Sep 2014 #109

Prevent it how? Hissyspit Sep 2014 #119

Skepticism and Lola Jane fadedrose Sep 2014 #113

No, I am afraid of SALT panader0 Sep 2014 #114