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Daesh (Isis) has killed more people, easily, using a variety of methods. MADem Jan 2016 #1
Whoops facts! rjsquirrel Jan 2016 #4
CNN is not a credible source. Enthusiast Jan 2016 #11
Try and do the best you can with it.... MADem Jan 2016 #39
Who's backing Isis? CJCRANE Jan 2016 #13
"Who has beheaded more people this year? ISIS or our good allies in Saudi Arabia?" oberliner Jan 2016 #18
Is ISIS a separate entity? Who is backing them? CJCRANE Jan 2016 #19
Yes, ISIS is a separate entity oberliner Jan 2016 #23
A DIA memo in 2012 stated that the regional powers supported a "salafist principality" CJCRANE Jan 2016 #27
Correct. A Salafist Principality of Wahhabism. DhhD Jan 2016 #35
Isis is being funded by members of the Saudi Royal family. Google it. trillion Jan 2016 #60
Not me! MADem Jan 2016 #40
My, let's argue about whether ISIS or the Sauds are bloodier Jack Rabbit Jan 2016 #53
And police in America killed 1,134 people in 2015, averaging over 3/day. Snarkoleptic Jan 2016 #20
Not exactly the same as mass executions of political undesirables by the state oberliner Jan 2016 #24
Of course it's not an apples-to-apples, but... Snarkoleptic Jan 2016 #25
Reasonable point oberliner Jan 2016 #30
Of course that's out of around 30,000 people arrested every day... EX500rider Jan 2016 #33
I didn't realize it was a contest.... MADem Jan 2016 #38
Meanwhile over 3000 people drowned alone in 2015 fleeing ISIS to Europe. trillion Jan 2016 #61
We're not allowed to mention that Blue_Tires Jan 2016 #65
Keeping in mind how much the Saudis own of the Stock Market.... Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2016 #2
How is it the Republican Trump supporters do not know about the Saudi interest in Fox? Enthusiast Jan 2016 #10
The Saudis are also the actual "Arabs" they use like a racial slur too. Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2016 #42
True. Many reasons for Republicans to mistrust Fox "News". Enthusiast Jan 2016 #44
Backing the wrong horse Bad Dog Jan 2016 #3
Right! rjsquirrel Jan 2016 #5
Iranians are the most pro US people in the ME after Israel Bad Dog Jan 2016 #6
Iran’s ‘staggering’ execution spree: nearly 700 put to death in just over six months oberliner Jan 2016 #21
I feel certain they deserved it. Enthusiast Jan 2016 #45
Please clarify trillion Jan 2016 #62
I'm not so sure about Israel.... haikugal Jan 2016 #31
We should have. Ed Suspicious Jan 2016 #7
Not true. Iraqis and Iranians both have as much oil betterdemsonly Jan 2016 #14
What is so much better about Saudi Arabia than Saddam Hussein's Iraq? Enthusiast Jan 2016 #8
Attempted extermination of the Kurds? oberliner Jan 2016 #22
That has been well documented. Enthusiast Jan 2016 #26
Saddam Hussein was a brutal, genocidal dictator oberliner Jan 2016 #29
That role is Erdogan's now. He says he wants to be the new Hitler. CJCRANE Jan 2016 #28
Get back to us when Saudi starts gassing entire towns from the air. EX500rider Jan 2016 #34
Pssst.... Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2016 #43
Do not inject reason into this argument! Enthusiast Jan 2016 #46
I guess I don't have to dig up the same findings from the US Army War College.... Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2016 #47
At least let us use mustard gas! I like mustard! Enthusiast Jan 2016 #48
Beer gas is deadlier. Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2016 #49
"Do not inject reason into this argument!" EX500rider Jan 2016 #51
Pssst...it was the Iraqi's EX500rider Jan 2016 #50
Two words: Plea Deal. Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2016 #54
Plea deal on a man they executed? Seems unlikely.. EX500rider Jan 2016 #55
I wouldn't be surprised if they TORTURED a confession out of them.... Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2016 #56
Hardly right wing crap to believe the truth. EX500rider Jan 2016 #57
I suspect the entire Iraqi government of being a puppet.... Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2016 #58
To bad all your sources are the same web site from 2002.. EX500rider Jan 2016 #63
The "gassed his own people" to counter Liberal outrage of the invasion is the talking point.... Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2016 #64
'A man is known by his friends.' Why the heck are they our allies? Live and Learn Jan 2016 #9
Yeah, I don't get it either SmittynMo Jan 2016 #12
Breakup of Ottoman Empire Bad Dog Jan 2016 #16
Good question as the US has so much oil and gas that the Congress, two weeks ago, changed DhhD Jan 2016 #37
Yep. Some think climate change and terrorism should be fought. raouldukelives Jan 2016 #17
They aren't different entities. n/t betterdemsonly Jan 2016 #15
Saudi Arabia is indeed one of the enemies. lark Jan 2016 #32
For information: a good source of info Myrddin Jan 2016 #36
This will just fuel the Shi'a uprising in the Eastern province. roamer65 Jan 2016 #41
Our Allies, Ladies and Gentlemen. 47of74 Jan 2016 #52
So sorry to hear. I wonder if they killed the poet who was sentenced for being disrespectful to trillion Jan 2016 #59
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