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- Weyland-1
- I can't even begin to explain how dumb this is,GeorgesII
- very in deed!renderedred
- Italian cartoonist?organicgrid
- Weyland0
Ofcourse some idiot can publish a PDF, video or website, simply saying they are too psychotic to grasp viral media is insulting to their intelligence and mine. Lay off the coffee man, I'm sick of people saying ISIS is made to look bad, they're power mad warlords that justify raping and killing muslims by perverting the quran. Fact
- This guy knows his facts. Mainstream media told them the facts and they are facts.set
- Factset
- puhleeze, I am not an American and I have family near the Syrian borderWeyland
- =)set
- :) it's always been crude oil and bullshit on all sidesWeyland
- yeah, so if you know that, why do you disseminate bs that will at the end of the day maybe get your family hurt, this is pure bs propaganda just like that stupid alqaeda magazine which is a humongous honeypotGeorgesII
- propaganda just like that stupid alqaeda magazine which is a humongous honeypotGeorgesII
- twooh0
Jesus Christ....
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/0…
- ukit20
Hijo you might find this Wiki article illuminating, I think everyone should read it to get a sense of the reality of U.S. foreign policy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cov…
As far as "evil" goes it's a very subjective thing, everyone is doing good from their own point of view. However I think it's beyond question that U.S. policy played a large part in creating ISIS. Was watching TV just now and they were talking about how much of the ISIS military leadership is due to former generals from the Iraqi military which was disbanded on U.S. orders.
Additionally, the only reason ISIS was able to gain control over such a large part of Syria is because of the civil war and weakening of the central government there, something the U.S. helped fund and support. The CIA is running training bases where they arm and fund Syrian rebels, and whether they were directly trained or not many of those weapons found their way into ISIS hands.
Now everyone is terrified of ISIS but no one want to look at the background and causes of that group.
- checking it out now. looks like a list of times the U.S. had to "get it's hands dirty"HijoDMaite
- BusterBoy0
Nuke the joint...
- HijoDMaite0
Really good Frontline Episode on the rise of ISIS if you get a chance to watch it
- Highly recommended, watched it the first night it was aired. Detailed timeline.ZOOP
- saw it too... amazing how fast it all happenedmonospaced
- I doubt it is a true version of eventsfadein11
- yovkov0
/offtopic:
i mean this part of the map is kinda messed up:
http://imgur.com/eZbHCLk
sorry for the offtopic
- formed0
and then what? The problem is the entire region is just a big vacuum now. Nothing can hold anything stable, destroy and kill, and something will sooner or later fill the void. With so much hatred and perverse beliefs, there never will be a peaceful situation.
You'd have to eliminate the entire region - Saudi Arabia, Israel, etc., etc. I am sure much of the world would love that, but it isn't possible. Might as well get rid of the "axis of evil" while you are at it. That approach sure brought about a lot of success.
Nuking will destroy the oil. Nothing is more important than that!
- ZOOP0
'Burn Isis Flag Challenge' Goes Viral in Arab World
- robotron3k0
- ISIS bucket challenge?robotron3k
- meh, not funny.set
- Not funny. This is one of the most atrocious death to havebenfal99
- fire would be worstmoldero
- Sorry. I laughed.CyBrainX
- pr20
I'm with George on this one.
Little secret is that i used to be a conservative republican - i would come up with all sorts of reasoning why what i "believed" in was correct - i would even this logic. So i can understand the mentality of those on the right. Sadly, it needs to be said that, it often comes out of ignorance (willing or not). The more i would read, the more documentaries i would watch - the harder it was to confirm my "believes" to the world around me. You collect enough information and facts that you have to face up your own BS.
As G pointed out, at some point the systems operating here are banally easy to comprehend. Yes, if you get to a top spot you ARE a psychopath or ARE on your way to become one. Period. Look into ANY history book and you will see examples proving just that. So in essence i fear more the industrial complex (as one of the multiple choice questions given above) than any of the terrorist groups, and yes i fear more the top brass in the military than any of the terrorist leaders. For once the military guy has more toys at his disposal and also has LAW behind him. Again, not that every top guy up there is a psychopath but basic behavioral science teaches you how quickly people relinquish moral responsibility for their action (in case you are curios it's as little as one step of separation - did you ever wonder why there is guy giving commands to the execution squad? i hope you didn't speculate it was so that they nicely fire at the same time...).
- "twist logic"pr2
- unfortunately human nature requires leaders and leadership. so its important to have rights in a society that can help keep thatHijoDMaite
- help keep that power in check and accountable. such as the press and freedom to gather.HijoDMaite
- we can't just lose hope and say we are doomed.HijoDMaite
- no one is saying that. i'm saying that knowing that THEY want to manipulate you all the time - don't let them as much as you can/are willing.pr2
- as you can/are willing.pr2
- ":unfortunately human nature requires leaders and leadership."
NOPEcannonball1978
- moldero0
- Woah, look at that guy appear out of no where on the left!ArmandoEstrada