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understanding ISIS? . Islam?

Posted by johnpe1 10 years, 2 months ago to Culture

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interesting article .......

SOURCE URL: http://www.redstate.com/2015/02/16/understanding-isis/

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Posted by Mimi 10 years, 2 months ago

Long and thorough. Everyone should read “What Isis Really Wants”

When playing word games, avoiding certain phrases like this WH administration does, it bothers me how often they easily refer to and interchange ISIS with ISIL. We should never recognize ISIL in word or deed. The ‘L’ stands for the 'The Levant’--the land that is currently occupied by Israel.

It is deeply troubling to me how often the WH spokesperson refers to the extremist as ISIL. It’s a damn dog-whistle.

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  Posted by johnpe1 10 years, 2 months ago
  
  when I looked it up, the Levant appeared to include
  everything from Turkey to Egypt -- the whole middle
  east. . the caliphate, at minimum. . and Israel, of
  course. . . scary. -- j
  
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