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4. Of course they knew about ISIL as it gained momentum.

Sun Sep 21, 2014, 11:54 PM

Sep 2014

But their first thought was not "How can we defend America?" but was instead "How can we use ISIL for our own purposes?"

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Babies getting thrown out of incubators [View all] Aerows Sep 2014 OP

for those too young to remember nationalize the fed Sep 2014 #1

Exactly what I was referring to. Aerows Sep 2014 #7

I know Aerows Sep 2014 #3

Of course they knew about ISIL as it gained momentum. Maedhros Sep 2014 #4

Which makes it Aerows Sep 2014 #8

What's distasteful is that people are buying it. Maedhros Sep 2014 #9

There are about 5 things wrong with approaching it this way Aerows Sep 2014 #6

K&R&NT ZombieHorde Sep 2014 #10

Planting their flag on the White House is a good one too. Autumn Sep 2014 #12