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leftynyc

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46. Not really baffling

Fri Feb 13, 2015, 10:58 AM

Feb 2015

Look at all the notorious murderers in prison - they get fan mail, have relationships and marry while in prison. For women with low self esteem, those who grew up abused or ignored - their minds don't work like "normal" women.

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Really ?? 20,000 foreign fighters flock to Syria, Iraq to join Islamic State [View all] Rhinodawg Feb 2015 OP

Cannon fodder, not fighters, even if the numbers are believed. These "fighters" better bring cash. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #1

Yup. cwydro Feb 2015 #2

ISIS actually pays a fairly decent monthly wage JonLP24 Feb 2015 #12

They are all from the land of "I am a loser and want something something". Loser cannon fodder. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #13

I'm not too familiar with Tunisia JonLP24 Feb 2015 #14

Sure, riches with the terrorists....they were not 'fighters before and not magically 'fighters' later...propaganda. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #15

Not riches, just an economic opportunity JonLP24 Feb 2015 #16

ISIL lies. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #17

With the exception of the individual claiming he is from Tunisia JonLP24 Feb 2015 #18

Yeah, but their dental plan sucks. Glassunion Feb 2015 #22

But do they have IsisCare? n/t benz380 Feb 2015 #40

I'd like to see those 150 Americans come back... Rhinodawg Feb 2015 #3

If they have the guts to travel across the world to fight mwrguy Feb 2015 #28

I'd prefer greytdemocrat Feb 2015 #47

There's apparently a lot of young men in this world with nothing better to do. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2015 #4

Grumpy, you believe this crap? Rhinodawg Feb 2015 #7

Got me. Depends on how motivated they are, I suppose. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2015 #21

Mercenaries, basically. joshcryer Feb 2015 #23

It's a sick kind of jobs program. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2015 #24

I was surprised by the westerners joining, really. joshcryer Feb 2015 #25

I stumbled onto a pro-Caliphate group on FB CJCRANE Feb 2015 #43

It belies belief, though. joshcryer Feb 2015 #45

It's a tiny fraction of 1%. It's less than than the percentage of psychopaths in society. CJCRANE Feb 2015 #50

Not really baffling leftynyc Feb 2015 #46

Not to the tune of thousands. joshcryer Feb 2015 #48

Disagree leftynyc Feb 2015 #49

I'm not sure it's statistically significant (see my post above). I also think there may be some NLP CJCRANE Feb 2015 #51

defections from al-Qaeda right at the start of the deployments bigtree Feb 2015 #5

And we all know the Associated Press operates with the utmost journalistic integrity. Avalux Feb 2015 #6

Exactly.... Rhinodawg Feb 2015 #8

I think if you try to fly to Syria you may get flagged in some database snooper2 Feb 2015 #9

Its just a MIC scare tactic. Rhinodawg Feb 2015 #10

if you believe the administration bigtree Feb 2015 #11

The OP is using reverse psychology. CJCRANE Feb 2015 #26

I actually thought Avalux made that post bigtree Feb 2015 #30

+100000 Ramses Feb 2015 #33

So what is your top source for unbiased news? OnlinePoker Feb 2015 #20

Lots of target practice for drones I guess GummyBearz Feb 2015 #19

Demographics + cultist religion = Armageddon Yorktown Feb 2015 #27

"Be all that you can be." mwrguy Feb 2015 #29

That's 0.00125% CJCRANE Feb 2015 #31

Closer to 1% Yorktown Feb 2015 #32

Demographics are informative and factual. nilesobek Feb 2015 #34

Demographics are informative and factual. Yorktown Feb 2015 #35

The stuff writes itself and is stranger than fiction. nilesobek Feb 2015 #52

1% of the world population are psychopaths. Give anyone a few billion dollars CJCRANE Feb 2015 #36

Not true. You don't have 7% extremists + 43% supporters in the West. Yorktown Feb 2015 #37

There has been a 500% increase in terrorism in this century. CJCRANE Feb 2015 #38

Are you forgetting why the Marines sing about the shores of Tripoli? Yorktown Feb 2015 #39

You're conflating various things and times and seem to have forgotten the 20th century. CJCRANE Feb 2015 #41

Good luck with that Yorktown Feb 2015 #42

How and why would they fly to Iraq? That doesn't make logical sense. CJCRANE Feb 2015 #44

Logic? LOGIC? randome Feb 2015 #53