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modestybl

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69. Utterly ignorant of recent history... not to mention bigoted.

Tue Jun 7, 2016, 03:42 AM

Jun 2016

... I'll blame somebody striking a match near gasoline for being stupid. People universally react against outside invaders, and we dismantled a professional army gave them no alternative. Trying to depose Assad by arming rebels whose complex allegiances we didn't understand, and ended up funneling arms to ISIS was equally stupid. What "uprising" are you talking about? Sunni and Shia Iraqis both fought against Iran in the 1980s... we destroyed a country... that like saying that African Americans were going to riot in the 1960s regardless of how they were brutalized and marginalized ... White America's treatment of them had nothing to do with it.

Nonsense. We keep doing the same things in the ME and keep coming up with more chaos. But, hey, dfesnes industry campaign donors are happy, so that's what we're going to keep doing.

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ISIS burn 19 Yazidi girls to death in iron cages after they refused to have sex with jihadists [View all] leftynyc Jun 2016 OP

Or those who support or justify the actions of these twisted monsters. MariaThinks Jun 2016 #1

I can't imagine any animals doing this. Seems like a particularly human sort of atrocity. (nt) enough Jun 2016 #2

That sort of unbelievable cruelty makes one think of intervening even more. brush Jun 2016 #104

Post removed Post removed Jun 2016 #3

Off Topic Roy Rolling Jun 2016 #12

linuxman's post was a critique of the false equivalency police on DU maxsolomon Jun 2016 #20

Yep d_r Jun 2016 #58

"Nothing these murderers do is according to the tenets of Islam I believe, but am not an expert." Act_of_Reparation Jun 2016 #78

This is why I support the death penalty, some humans just need to be put the fuck down snooper2 Jun 2016 #4

+1000 smirkymonkey Jun 2016 #28

-1000 pangaia Jun 2016 #52

No it doesn't. Are you saying you approve of this atrocity? smirkymonkey Jun 2016 #57

Opposing death penalty does not mean approval of murder Bragi Jun 2016 #80

You missed it completely. Silver_Witch Jun 2016 #86

I'm sorry, but anyone capable of committing a crime of this magnitude doesn't deserve to smirkymonkey Jun 2016 #109

That is why we have places for people like this. Silver_Witch Jun 2016 #112

More than they are worth... TipTok Jun 2016 #115

Your rationale: SCantiGOP Jun 2016 #36

Damn straight. romanic Jun 2016 #38

Agreed. Just reading posts Jun 2016 #81

Because nothing stops killing like more killing. Octafish Jun 2016 #84

I heard that G_j Jun 2016 #113

''Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.'' Octafish Jun 2016 #129

That's what ISIS says too The2ndWheel Jun 2016 #85

I'm comfortable with my decision to kill anyone who burns innocents... TipTok Jun 2016 #116

Not saying you shouldn't be The2ndWheel Jun 2016 #127

Pretty much... TipTok Jun 2016 #130

Right on snooper.nt clarice Jun 2016 #100

They seem to believe they are right, and that their god approves. Quantess Jun 2016 #5

nope.nt clarice Jun 2016 #101

The poor dears couldn't help themselves. US foreign policy made them do it!!! Coventina Jun 2016 #6

You know, leftynyc Jun 2016 #7

Actually, that's not entirely accurate... gregcrawford Jun 2016 #26

I did not know that about leftynyc Jun 2016 #72

Or "Christians would do it if they could get away with it". smirkymonkey Jun 2016 #29

Me2 840high Jun 2016 #33

Me 3. nt clarice Jun 2016 #102

There have been plenty of Christians in this country... Silver_Witch Jun 2016 #87

Likely would... TipTok Jun 2016 #117

No words. brer cat Jun 2016 #8

Fuck ISIS, Boko Haram, and the Taliban. Initech Jun 2016 #9

The question is what can Hillary do about it yeoman6987 Jun 2016 #61

Fuck. Warren DeMontague Jun 2016 #10

Bummer, man 6chars Jun 2016 #11

Blowback from our intervention continues... modestybl Jun 2016 #13

Excellent Post McKim Jun 2016 #27

Except that it is an oversimplification that is probably untrue. Chan790 Jun 2016 #34

+1000 smirkymonkey Jun 2016 #68

Utterly ignorant of recent history... not to mention bigoted. modestybl Jun 2016 #69

Uh...immodest. Chan790 Jun 2016 #77

Thank you so much for this. n/t trotsky Jun 2016 #105

Great post leftynyc Jun 2016 #107

Thank you. (no text) Quantess Jun 2016 #121

even if you were right, burning women in cages treestar Jun 2016 #83

Agreed... and its what our ME policies have helped bring about... modestybl Jun 2016 #90

The Sunni & Shia leftynyc Jun 2016 #91

No, they haven't been "kiiling each other" ... modestybl Jun 2016 #94

Spare me the bullshit leftynyc Jun 2016 #95

Lazy bullshit thinking? modestybl Jun 2016 #96

LOL leftynyc Jun 2016 #97

You are twisting yourself into logical pretzels... modestybl Jun 2016 #98

You mean leftynyc Jun 2016 #99

You didn't know that Sunnis and Shias have been killing each other for centuries? Quantess Jun 2016 #122

And Irish and English and Scots have been "killing each other" modestybl Jun 2016 #128

+10000 Silver_Witch Jun 2016 #88

+1000 leftynyc Jun 2016 #73

Saddam Hussein would be an immortal if not for us FrodosPet Jun 2016 #74

Blame America for everything bad in the world Democat Jun 2016 #70

They'd be slaughtering women and children one way or the other... TipTok Jun 2016 #118

More blood on Bush's hands. Thanks for destabilizing a region and two countries, AWOL McFuckstick. Feeling the Bern Jun 2016 #14

That's a whole lot of stereotypes wrapped up into one... TipTok Jun 2016 #119

Now DUers defend Bush destabilizing the Middle East? Feeling the Bern Jun 2016 #123

... and there is the cherry on top of the stereotype sundae... TipTok Jun 2016 #126

Daily Mail? Are you familiar with the history of that tabloid? closeupready Jun 2016 #15

Another source is reporting this as well MorningFrog Jun 2016 #18

Some of the most respected DUers cite the Daily Mail as a source. Nye Bevan Jun 2016 #19

oops nt ohnoyoudidnt Jun 2016 #23

. geek tragedy Jun 2016 #25

Oh damn. Well played!! nt Codeine Jun 2016 #47

. hrmjustin Jun 2016 #53

I hope they catch a few of these motherfuckers alive LiberalLovinLug Jun 2016 #16

oh yeah, the Hague Angel Martin Jun 2016 #17

It would embarrass them and their followers LiberalLovinLug Jun 2016 #21

you are talking about people who post video of their murders and tortures on facebook Angel Martin Jun 2016 #30

did you read my first post? LiberalLovinLug Jun 2016 #42

Roast them alive along with pig guts; Ilsa Jun 2016 #22

Sounds like a good idea to me. smirkymonkey Jun 2016 #31

As nonviolent as I am, I'm willing to make an exception in their case. NT Ilsa Jun 2016 #55

God, that's horrific! smirkymonkey Jun 2016 #110

What can you do? Donald Ian Rankin Jun 2016 #24

There are no "good" options leftynyc Jun 2016 #92

Absolutely sickening LeftishBrit Jun 2016 #32

No shit. bdwker Jun 2016 #35

"Name a country where these "vicious gangsters" people DON'T commit these kind of atrocities." EX500rider Jun 2016 #46

Unbelievable! smirkymonkey Jun 2016 #60

Hmmmmm... bdwker Jun 2016 #63

I don't follow you. Which word? nt MH1 Jun 2016 #75

The Quran is clear that infidels who refuse to convert can be killed, hideously riderinthestorm Jun 2016 #43

Your excerpt does not confirm your subject line. MH1 Jun 2016 #76

The question does seem to have an answer GummyBearz Jun 2016 #93

Trump Amerika 2017 jpak Jun 2016 #37

Disturbing and shocking Invincibility Jun 2016 #39

Who the heck even thinks this way? jmowreader Jun 2016 #40

I just can't believe the lack of humanity. smirkymonkey Jun 2016 #45

It's like Torquemada jmowreader Jun 2016 #50

They aren't the first to come up with the idea Mariana Jun 2016 #59

Probably they have tied their own sexual response to torture, so they get off on tblue37 Jun 2016 #71

Bukhari (11:626) trotsky Jun 2016 #108

Everyone is correctly outraged. So now what ? bdwker Jun 2016 #41

Ideally Invincibility Jun 2016 #44

I think we both know thats NOT going to happen. bdwker Jun 2016 #48

Its a civil war within Islam. We'll never be able to solve it with outside intervention riderinthestorm Jun 2016 #51

ISIS wants to be wiped out to the very last man, is all I can come up with. Rex Jun 2016 #49

Good lord. Its time to move on Mosul and eradicate those monsters. DCBob Jun 2016 #54

Those poor girls Dorian Gray Jun 2016 #56

Round the perpetrators up, put them in a cage taught_me_patience Jun 2016 #62

You signing up? philosslayer Jun 2016 #64

Professional soldiers should take care of it. taught_me_patience Jun 2016 #65

Boots on the ground? philosslayer Jun 2016 #66

What should happen is that those in their region who share that faith should deal with them. Bluenorthwest Jun 2016 #79

I'd be all for allowing Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Raytheon, etc. carte blanche Kang Colby Jun 2016 #67

There's a time when the word "barbarians" is entirely apropos. Just reading posts Jun 2016 #82

Agree Invincibility Jun 2016 #89

I'm with you Lefty. nt clarice Jun 2016 #103

BUT HAVE YOU SEEN THE NEW X-MEN MOVIE POSTER?!?!?!?!? TheSarcastinator Jun 2016 #106

Thanks Bush, Cheney, Rice, Rumsfeld, Trump, etc... harrose Jun 2016 #111

sick a holes Liberal_in_LA Jun 2016 #114

... BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2016 #120

We're supposed to believe they didn't rape them anyway? WhaTHellsgoingonhere Jun 2016 #124

Animals are more civilized than ISIS. nt zanana1 Jun 2016 #125