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Fred Sanders

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5. Daesh is the correct name, why is the major media adopting the version that sounds the scariest?

Reply to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Original post)

Wed Sep 24, 2014, 06:25 PM

Sep 2014

Time the the military, Obama and mad, mad mass media do the same.

And McCain and Lindsay are irrelevant, only the major media clings to them as fellow war mangers.

Boo.

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Daesh? [View all] discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2014 OP

You say Daesh, I say ISIS, let's call the whole thing off. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2014 #1

We could just call them... discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2014 #2

Duzy! FSogol Sep 2014 #9

the article below attempts to explain it ("daesh" seems to only be used by opponents of ISIS) rollin74 Sep 2014 #3

Some folks have a problem with... discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2014 #6

Al Qaeda, ISIS, ISIL, Cortisone, Daesh... 951-Riverside Sep 2014 #4

So it would seem discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2014 #7

Daesh is the correct name, why is the major media adopting the version that sounds the scariest? Fred Sanders Sep 2014 #5

Works for me discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2014 #8

Interesting you would say that Blue_In_AK Sep 2014 #10

I missed your earlier post discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2014 #11

Here's my question, posted late last night. Blue_In_AK Sep 2014 #12

Thanks n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2014 #13