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another_liberal

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11. Not corporatist partners with supportive cartels of industrial and banking interests though?

Reply to Kurska (Reply #10)

Tue Dec 30, 2014, 09:24 PM

Dec 2014

And they embrace a Religious justification for their movement, not an ethnic or nationalistic one, don't they?

If the Islamic State is fascist, then so were the Huns and the Mongols. You are straining the definition well beyond its intended meaning.

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Iraqi forces 'recapture Dhuluiya from Islamic State' [View all] muriel_volestrangler Dec 2014 OP

With just a little help from three thousand U.S. combat troops on the ground . . . another_liberal Dec 2014 #1

Link please to any credible source that suggests the US had three thousand troops on the ground karynnj Dec 2014 #3

It's been repeatedly admitted by our own government . . . another_liberal Dec 2014 #5

If there were 3000 combat troops on the ground in that area, there would be karynnj Dec 2014 #17

Are they actually fighting? GGJohn Dec 2014 #4

A Kurdish news service ran a story about a week ago . . . another_liberal Dec 2014 #7

Different town, different province, though muriel_volestrangler Dec 2014 #12

Don't expect that kind of story to come out of any Iraqi news service . . . another_liberal Dec 2014 #14

How convenient for you! Elmer S. E. Dump Dec 2014 #19

I wish we were doing more Kurska Dec 2014 #6

Islamic State fighters are self-righteous, perverse, medieval, cruel and murderous . . . another_liberal Dec 2014 #9

Lets see Kurska Dec 2014 #10

Not corporatist partners with supportive cartels of industrial and banking interests though? another_liberal Dec 2014 #11

"They Islamic state does have ethnic or nationalistic motivations" Kurska Dec 2014 #16

They'd better slow down or they'll never drag this war out for 30 years. DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2014 #2

Hadn't we better kill all of their wives and children too . . . another_liberal Dec 2014 #8

Why are independent sources so hard to find? It's the BBC, after all. Were their journalists killed? freshwest Dec 2014 #13

You can't always put journalists in every town in a warzone muriel_volestrangler Dec 2014 #15

TY. And guessing that ISIS is monitoring all sources as well, so they can't tell details, etc. freshwest Dec 2014 #18