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JDPriestly

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43. Interesting!

Mon Oct 6, 2014, 03:51 PM

Oct 2014

Do you think our intelligence agencies were oblivious to the growth of the ISIS movement or do you think they just ignored it or do you think that they let it fester and grow into something that would require a large military response out of negligence or perhaps intentionally?

Those are the questions that are beneath my claim that our intelligence services did not focus on the real threats while spending a lot of energy and money on useless busy work. The busy work of course makes them feel like they are doing something useful. And they certainly fool Congress with it. As long as we are spending lots of money on intelligence and on military equipment, we must be winning they say to themselves.

Focus is the secret. Deciding where to spend your energy and resources is very important. I don't think our intelligence agencies are choosing wisely.

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Kobane: IS 'may soon take Syria-Turkey border town' [View all] Bosonic Oct 2014 OP

I hope Turkey stomps them flat shenmue Oct 2014 #1

If turkey can't then NATO needs to help them. This has gone WAY too far. Elmer S. E. Dump Oct 2014 #2

Welcome to DU, Elmer S. E. Dump! calimary Oct 2014 #3

Turkey isn't doing a goddamn thing. They hate the Kurds. TwilightGardener Oct 2014 #6

Some have said rtracey Oct 2014 #11

This in spades quakerboy Oct 2014 #15

Turkey wants ISIS to liquidate the Kurds. geek tragedy Oct 2014 #20

Turkey is a de facto ally of ISIS. geek tragedy Oct 2014 #19

ISIS is getting financial help from somewhere outside of Syria. JDPriestly Oct 2014 #4

They do know a lot about funding. Read the article in Good Reads about Qatar flamingdem Oct 2014 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author ballyhoo Oct 2014 #7

Are you responding to me or the post above me flamingdem Oct 2014 #22

Hard To Say, Ma'am: He Thinks I.S.I.L. Is Controlled By The C.I.A. Anyway.... The Magistrate Oct 2014 #24

Thanks Magistrate flamingdem Oct 2014 #26

That is an intriguing idea. Why do you think that the group is controlled by the CIA? JDPriestly Oct 2014 #31

What I Said, Sir, Was That A Member Posting Nearby Has Said The C.I.A. Controls The I.S.I.L. The Magistrate Oct 2014 #40

Good. Thanks. I sent you a Private Message. JDPriestly Oct 2014 #41

Certainly People In Those Countries, Sir The Magistrate Oct 2014 #42

Interesting! JDPriestly Oct 2014 #43

As A General Rule, Sir The Magistrate Oct 2014 #44

Yes. JDPriestly Oct 2014 #45

Yes. Sorry, flamingdem. I will delete the post. ballyhoo Oct 2014 #33

This isn't a failure of intelligence..... George II Oct 2014 #12

You really underestimate them. candelista Oct 2014 #13

I hope you are right. JDPriestly Oct 2014 #29

Will this be a resupply base CJCRANE Oct 2014 #8

Probably... ballyhoo Oct 2014 #10

ISIL is destroying the nation states for its caliphate. Turkey is in NATO, but sends mixed messages. freshwest Oct 2014 #9

It's a Sunni proxy army CJCRANE Oct 2014 #14

Some think the end result will be carving up Iraq flamingdem Oct 2014 #27

Many Kurds are saying that Turkey will clean out Isis once Kobane is conquered flamingdem Oct 2014 #23

I think Turkey cares more about stopping a Kurdish homeland than ISIS. freshwest Oct 2014 #36

Turkey is a member of NATO. NATO is obligated to help defend it. mainer Oct 2014 #16

ISIS isn't going to attack Turkey. They haven't yet, and Turkey got all of its TwilightGardener Oct 2014 #17

I think you are right but for different ballyhoo Oct 2014 #18

Why, You Sound Just Like Ms. Ayotte, Sir.... The Magistrate Oct 2014 #28

ISIS and Turkey are not enemies. geek tragedy Oct 2014 #21

I agree that Turkey is letting Isis kill off the Kurds and take Kobane flamingdem Oct 2014 #25

Who do you think was/is buying the oil from ISIS? Aerows Oct 2014 #30

I read that it was black market buyers mostly Turkish flamingdem Oct 2014 #34

Here, Aerows. Turkey ain't the ballyhoo Oct 2014 #37

Turkey 'there just to watch' in Kobane Baclava Oct 2014 #32

Waiting for that region to complete explode Marrah_G Oct 2014 #35

When the ISIS start conversation began a few months ago ballyhoo Oct 2014 #38

Related to posts here: Turkey Cracks Down on Oil Smuggling Linked to IS flamingdem Oct 2014 #39

27 more months of this quadrature Oct 2014 #46