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truedelphi

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8. MIC = Military Industrial Complex.

Reply to nsd (Reply #6)

Sun Sep 14, 2014, 03:43 AM

Sep 2014

That is, the group that Eisenhower warned us about.

Anyway, if you source out the weaponry that ISIS has hold of, it apparently came from those weapons systems tht we offered up to various UAE states, and also from "donations" of weapons sytems that our nation "was forced" to make to leaders in the Middle East, as otherwsie we would have had to ship the weapons sytems back from Iraq when our invovlement there tapered off.

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The Real Reason Why We Can't Defeat ISIS [View all] eridani Sep 2014 OP

So you're suggesting actions have consequences? Scootaloo Sep 2014 #1

about the best to hope for if action is taken is to keep them at bay til irag can keep them out lol msongs Sep 2014 #2

We'll stand down as they stand up? merrily Sep 2014 #11

An alternative idea: nsd Sep 2014 #3

Oh, please. Isosceles is just the MIC's 2016 business plan. FlatStanley Sep 2014 #5

Huh? nsd Sep 2014 #6

ISIL, ISIS, IS. Why not call this group Isosceles. FlatStanley Sep 2014 #7

There's no money to be made by going back to Iraq. nsd Sep 2014 #9

Uh, you asked what MIC means (see post below for info) elehhhhna Sep 2014 #10

Yes, I've heard of the "Military Industrial Complex" ... nsd Sep 2014 #12

MIC = Military Industrial Complex. truedelphi Sep 2014 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author TexasTowelie Sep 2014 #14

MIC = ReRe Sep 2014 #21

Maybe "Islamist violence" is no more or less irrational than any other kind of violence. merrily Sep 2014 #13

A few things. nsd Sep 2014 #16

Well over 2 billion, actually, and growing daily, of course, but, very obviously, merrily Sep 2014 #17

I don't agree that the term "Islamist" is nonsensical ... nsd Sep 2014 #18

Stop digging. That hole really doesn't need to be any deeper. merrily Sep 2014 #19

? What hole? nsd Sep 2014 #20

In a nutshell: blkmusclmachine Sep 2014 #4

Perhaps there is a cultural component Shankapotomus Sep 2014 #15