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brer cat

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4. Very informative piece, Depaysement.

Sun Aug 24, 2014, 02:39 PM

Aug 2014

I had thought that ISIS had its beginnings in Syria. From this article: "Between 2008 and 2011, ISIS rebuilt itself out of former prisoners and ex-Saddam era Iraqi army officers. " One more example of the vast mistakes made by cheneybush. I thought from the beginning they were crazy to disband the entire Iraqi Army. It would have saved many problems to try to win them over. And now they are being recruited to help fight ISIS.

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The 9 biggest myths about ISIS [View all] Depaysement Aug 2014 OP

Myth #7: America can defeat ISIS Fred Sanders Aug 2014 #1

just keep going until isis stops samsingh Aug 2014 #6

They'll eventually fade out flamingdem Aug 2014 #13

right now they are growing without any checks - they just took over an airport in syria samsingh Aug 2014 #14

I agree. It's easier to block them from taking over cities flamingdem Aug 2014 #15

Excellent Piece, Sir: Thank You For Sharing It The Magistrate Aug 2014 #2

Great read, thanks for the post. pinto Aug 2014 #3

You're welcome! Depaysement Aug 2014 #10

Very informative piece, Depaysement. brer cat Aug 2014 #4

Thanks! nt Depaysement Aug 2014 #9

Overall, pretty grim. TwilightGardener Aug 2014 #5

the reality is that whenever the super powers support muslim groups against samsingh Aug 2014 #7

Kick. pinto Aug 2014 #8

Great article but the section on women and ISIS isn't very informative riderinthestorm Aug 2014 #11

Islamic fundamentalism ain't "medieval" MisterP Aug 2014 #12

Problem: ISIS doesn't have a political wing flamingdem Aug 2014 #16