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25. No, I haven't spent a lot of time in Libya. What does that have to do with anything?

Reply to oberliner (Reply #23)

Wed Sep 24, 2014, 07:52 AM

Sep 2014

Give me specifics of when these groups had a lot of power.

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We don't want to believe that our greatest threat is internal [View all] cali Sep 2014 OP

I think you're right to be skeptical ... onwardsand upwards Sep 2014 #1

Is the Nation run by a cache of sociopathic "Christian" Corporations and their greedy CEO's ??? blkmusclmachine Sep 2014 #2

Agree on it all JustAnotherGen Sep 2014 #3

Very good questions. Vattel Sep 2014 #4

there's a "look over here" element to all of this that's disturbing cali Sep 2014 #5

Maybe I am being dense, but could you explain what you mean? Vattel Sep 2014 #6

when all our attention is focused on the dangers of ISIS etc cali Sep 2014 #7

That seems right. Highlighting any problem tends to get people fixated on solving that problem Vattel Sep 2014 #33

There is a huge element of look over here. Enthusiast Sep 2014 #8

"ISIS arose out of our military and political interventions in the middle east..." oberliner Sep 2014 #9

How much power did these groups have CJCRANE Sep 2014 #11

Waxed and waned oberliner Sep 2014 #15

But it's fair to say that they prosper CJCRANE Sep 2014 #17

they did not wax and wane in power. they had very little power. cali Sep 2014 #21

Sometimes they had a lot, sometimes a little oberliner Sep 2014 #23

No, I haven't spent a lot of time in Libya. What does that have to do with anything? cali Sep 2014 #25

I thought maybe you had some inside info oberliner Sep 2014 #30

it is true. they're using U.S. arms cali Sep 2014 #12

The US didn't make the machete they used to behead those journalists oberliner Sep 2014 #16

no, but that's fairly irrelevant. cali Sep 2014 #19

Not really oberliner Sep 2014 #24

I thought we were talking about ISIS, but 9/11 hardly cali Sep 2014 #27

Are they still called ISIS? oberliner Sep 2014 #29

I don't think you've supported your argument at all. cali Sep 2014 #31

I realize that oberliner Sep 2014 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author CJCRANE Sep 2014 #20

Excellent post, cali. Feral Child Sep 2014 #10

thank you, FC. cali Sep 2014 #13

I have an acquaintance who is an Iraqi Kurd CJCRANE Sep 2014 #14

Yes. It's criminal. Feral Child Sep 2014 #18

First of all, thank you for your OP. snappyturtle Sep 2014 #22

Posts like these are why I'm glad you're back, cali. NuclearDem Sep 2014 #26

thank you so much. that's kind of you to say. cali Sep 2014 #28

Great post. woo me with science Sep 2014 #34

It is. The biggest threat to America is the US military industrial complex. Initech Sep 2014 #35

I was born in 1944 and have seen many scary bogeymen come and go. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #36