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MohRokTah

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11. Controls wide swaths of territory? Check.

Reply to Atman (Original post)

Mon Sep 22, 2014, 01:59 PM

Sep 2014

Has members who have run governments in the past? Check.

Is implementing a legal framework in the territories it controls? Check.

Has formed a police force to enforce the legal framework in the territories it controls? Check.

Walks like a duck? Check.

Quacks like a duck? Check.

You formulate your own opinion. Sounds like a state to me.

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There is NO "Islam State" [View all] Atman Sep 2014 OP

IMO they changed their name to IS CJCRANE Sep 2014 #1

Hard to disagree. Atman Sep 2014 #2

I imagine any name change is due to a change in goals. NuclearDem Sep 2014 #3

Did they prefer "ISIS" or "Daesh"? CJCRANE Sep 2014 #17

Tell that to the kids in Mosul that just want to go to school snooper2 Sep 2014 #4

What's that got to do with them being a 'state?' leftstreet Sep 2014 #5

I guess it is all about a "state" of mind snooper2 Sep 2014 #6

Does the State of Rob control the second biggest city in Iraq? former9thward Sep 2014 #7

Yet the Obama Admin thought air strikes would be enough leftstreet Sep 2014 #10

Air strikes will never win wars. former9thward Sep 2014 #13

Right. H2O Man Sep 2014 #12

What makes any state real or legitamate? ZombieHorde Sep 2014 #8

They are controlling and administrating a large physical area. kwassa Sep 2014 #9

Controls wide swaths of territory? Check. MohRokTah Sep 2014 #11

Whether we like to call it one or not, it's a state. NuclearDem Sep 2014 #14

Sure there is. H2O Man Sep 2014 #15

Right, there is no "Islam State" it's The Islamic State hardcover Sep 2014 #16

Denial doesn't fix a problem or make it go away Lee-Lee Sep 2014 #18