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Egnever

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59. Of course strategic interests play a part

Wed Feb 18, 2015, 08:59 PM

Feb 2015

That doesn't make what ISIS is doing any less worthy of being stopped. Boko Haram should be stopped as well. Every effort should be made to stop both of them.

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I guess the new vogue is to defend ISIS as merely fighting off interlopers. [View all] Dreamer Tatum Feb 2015 OP

I havent seen that here today and I have commented on the threads you are randys1 Feb 2015 #1

Was it not our job -- along with other countries -- to stop Hitler? pnwmom Feb 2015 #142

An explanation is not necessarily a defense. TreasonousBastard Feb 2015 #2

Explanations should be accurate though. geek tragedy Feb 2015 #3

Agreed. hifiguy Feb 2015 #6

So -WHAT- is it? HereSince1628 Feb 2015 #8

Apocalyptical death cult. nt geek tragedy Feb 2015 #10

or, perhaps, not at all what it is represented to be HereSince1628 Feb 2015 #15

They cover their faces so they can conduct covert attacks. geek tragedy Feb 2015 #16

Or maybe not. Few know who these killers are, and it is very UNLIKELY HereSince1628 Feb 2015 #17

You're not making any sense. Their videos get broadcast around the world, so of course they geek tragedy Feb 2015 #18

Yes, faceless pics are sent around the world...BUT the people who migh react to their identities HereSince1628 Feb 2015 #20

If they want to be able to travel abroad and conduct operations, it wouldn't be very smart geek tragedy Feb 2015 #21

That would work if it were a group of one hundred or less persons HereSince1628 Feb 2015 #22

With the most Caretha Feb 2015 #24

Great post! I've thought this from the start. polly7 Feb 2015 #27

Nonsense Egnever Feb 2015 #31

You might want to Caretha Feb 2015 #34

Ok let me get my thinking cap on Egnever Feb 2015 #37

Now I understand Caretha Feb 2015 #38

All kidding aside Egnever Feb 2015 #44

here is who Caretha Feb 2015 #47

I am not sure what you are trying to say there Egnever Feb 2015 #54

It's obvious you Caretha Feb 2015 #58

What advice? Egnever Feb 2015 #63

Do you not understand how the Internet works? geek tragedy Feb 2015 #42

Okay melman Feb 2015 #53

Do you have any evidence? Adrahil Feb 2015 #109

Lets discuss the Pirate Bay for a second Aerows Feb 2015 #43

So you are really going to try and jump on the crazy train that believes the nsa could scrub Egnever Feb 2015 #48

I'm certainly not going to jump on the crazy train Aerows Feb 2015 #57

Oil Fairy Caretha Feb 2015 #52

Nobody under the sun Aerows Feb 2015 #62

Aerows Caretha Feb 2015 #70

This quote by Upton Sinclair sums it up Aerows Feb 2015 #74

I like George Orwell's quote better DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2015 #82

Didn't say they aren't Aerows Feb 2015 #83

They essentially declared war on Egypt when they incinerated their citizens. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2015 #84

Well there you go Caretha Feb 2015 #93

"Sony is famous for it"? zappaman Feb 2015 #90

Delighted you asked that! Aerows Feb 2015 #99

Wow dude. zappaman Feb 2015 #124

Hopefully this will clear things up for you Aerows Feb 2015 #125

Anger management not working out for you? zappaman Feb 2015 #131

zappaman Aerows Feb 2015 #133

Okay, thanks for the condescension and NOT backing up your claims. zappaman Feb 2015 #135

I don't waste time Aerows Feb 2015 #136

Too funny. zappaman Feb 2015 #137

I'll give you one. Aerows Feb 2015 #138

I read that article, but it don't see where it says anything to support zappaman Feb 2015 #139

Google Aerows Feb 2015 #140

No, I am not telling you that. I am telling you this doesn't really add up HereSince1628 Feb 2015 #35

None of this shit adds up Aerows Feb 2015 #45

You clearly don't understand the Internet, or how easy it is to buy orange clothing. geek tragedy Feb 2015 #41

LOL! Aerows Feb 2015 #50

Of course strategic interests play a part Egnever Feb 2015 #59

LMAO Aerows Feb 2015 #64

LMAO indeed Egnever Feb 2015 #76

ummm .... polly7 Feb 2015 #80

What are you going on about? Egnever Feb 2015 #86

'Or are you suggesting that we should do everything on our own and just pay for it all ourselves?' polly7 Feb 2015 #87

You questioning my sanity Aerows Feb 2015 #81

My turn Egnever Feb 2015 #91

Zero Evidence? Caretha Feb 2015 #96

LOL Egnever Feb 2015 #98

That was not very good Caretha Feb 2015 #100

Right so you admit your complete failure to post one credible source Egnever Feb 2015 #102

Scuse me? Caretha Feb 2015 #104

Posted hundreds Egnever Feb 2015 #105

Dear Egnever Caretha Feb 2015 #108

Weeee Egnever Feb 2015 #110

We pour buckets of money into Aerows Feb 2015 #117

Knowing what someone is doing is not the same thing as knowing who they are and why they do.. Fumesucker Feb 2015 #75

Not sure what you are implying here. Egnever Feb 2015 #78

ISIS is really trying hard to get attention and piss people off Fumesucker Feb 2015 #85

No I think the most heinous Caretha Feb 2015 #97

Fair points. Their whole financing history is the something we don't know about. ancianita Feb 2015 #79

The "beheadings" etc. Caretha Feb 2015 #89

I think everyone is restrained about ISIS for good reasons. Then there's this... ancianita Feb 2015 #101

One of the most evil Caretha Feb 2015 #103

the largest navy in the world, the best trained professional army, an unrivaled global communication LanternWaste Feb 2015 #127

+1,000 malaise Feb 2015 #25

Seriously? Egnever Feb 2015 #28

Yet, they hide. They don't REALLY buy into it as zealots. HereSince1628 Feb 2015 #39

If anything. ISIS are the imperialists here. They seek to create a large empire under stevenleser Feb 2015 #23

The only ones I know of Caretha Feb 2015 #72

No, the only ones who have declared that who are in charge of their group now stevenleser Feb 2015 #120

You got alerted on for this. It failed, 6-1. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2015 #4

That's too bad. Hissyspit Feb 2015 #111

Who the fuck is defending ISIS here? You'd better show an example if you're going to say that. Avalux Feb 2015 #5

If you aren't foaming at the mouth Aerows Feb 2015 #13

Thread winner malaise Feb 2015 #29

Thanks, Malaise. The truth needs to be spoken Aerows Feb 2015 #77

+1, which is why I, and I think a lot of other liberals, are hesitant to make Marr Feb 2015 #60

Fucking A, right. We're cutting food stamps and SSI but WE GOT TO DO SOMETHING!1!11 TheKentuckian Feb 2015 #114

Good question. Hit and run. Kingofalldems Feb 2015 #46

His MO Long Drive Feb 2015 #141

Here is one post Renew Deal Feb 2015 #73

The new vogue is new to me. n/t Bonhomme Richard Feb 2015 #7

Does anyone know how many sadoldgirl Feb 2015 #9

And rebranding the sectarian civil war LeftyMom Feb 2015 #26

Killing prisoners of war is a war crime I believe. hrmjustin Feb 2015 #11

The new vogue is the same as the old vogue Aerows Feb 2015 #12

I try to understand them, first. Igel Feb 2015 #14

Who's defending them? Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2015 #19

No one. Kingofalldems Feb 2015 #30

Absolutely nobody. LeftyMom Feb 2015 #32

Looks like you don't like DU. Kingofalldems Feb 2015 #33

Not even the players of ISIS believe their own proclamations seveneyes Feb 2015 #36

Pyrostrawmania Man from Pickens Feb 2015 #40

I think if they did land in Italy they would be met with people not raised to cower from infancy alphafemale Feb 2015 #49

So how are they going to get to Italy Caretha Feb 2015 #55

There is that also. But even if they hijacked a ship. alphafemale Feb 2015 #68

Oh please. Next you are going to tell me duers are in league with ISIS dissentient Feb 2015 #51

Hit and run posting. Fuggedaboutit nt riderinthestorm Feb 2015 #56

Please please cwydro Feb 2015 #61

No one is. ScreamingMeemie Feb 2015 #65

OK. cwydro Feb 2015 #69

Nobody is defending ISIS, but some are engaging in "whataboutism" Throd Feb 2015 #88

Don't like DUers much? Kingofalldems Feb 2015 #66

Plenty of "psychotic murderers" in this world. hunter Feb 2015 #67

re: beheadings: kpete Feb 2015 #71

No kidding ISIS are the new nazis workinclasszero Feb 2015 #92

Have they dumped babies out of incubators yet? mwrguy Feb 2015 #119

Is there any point at which you will get tired trotting out that tired old meme? stevenleser Feb 2015 #144

Once burned... Comrade Grumpy Feb 2015 #146

Shia militias have been ethnically cleansing neighborhoods for years JonLP24 Feb 2015 #122

See Throds #88 above. Nt stevenleser Feb 2015 #145

Concern in Iraq grows over unregulated Shiite forces JonLP24 Feb 2015 #147

I haven't seen anyone here defending their actions, provide link if I missed it, please. ohnoyoudidnt Feb 2015 #94

Every time someone posts some bullshit about what Christians did 1000 years ago Dreamer Tatum Feb 2015 #106

No. It is possible Christians did horrible things more recently, and ISIS does horrible things, too. kwassa Feb 2015 #107

Acknowledging that people have committed atrocities in the name of Christianity does not defenend ohnoyoudidnt Feb 2015 #112

When Dr Tiller was murdered, how many "yes, but look what this Muslim did" posts were there? Dreamer Tatum Feb 2015 #115

Is this a hit and run post? I see you haven't replied to a single response. nt ohnoyoudidnt Feb 2015 #95

Yeah, it's a war crime. Hissyspit Feb 2015 #113

ISIS isn't as dangerous as Planned Parenthood Gormy Cuss Feb 2015 #116

Look, I know you're more conservative than most DUers.... Cali_Democrat Feb 2015 #118

They are war criminals JonLP24 Feb 2015 #121

ISIS *ARE* the interlopers. CJCRANE Feb 2015 #123

Who is really financing them? aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2015 #129

They are financing themselves via kidnapping for ransom and selling stolen oil. Nt stevenleser Feb 2015 #143

Wealthy Arabian Peninsula investors JonLP24 Feb 2015 #149

Another day, another dishonest slam at DUers over made-up bullshit. arcane1 Feb 2015 #126

Looks that way to me too, DT. Waiting For Everyman Feb 2015 #128

I say again: when Dr Tiller was murdered, I never saw one post comment about Muslims. nt Dreamer Tatum Feb 2015 #132

Me either. Waiting For Everyman Feb 2015 #134

What defense? jwirr Feb 2015 #130

To many they are "the enemy of my enemy" ileus Feb 2015 #148