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To: NormsRevenge

Yep, he’s a disaster waiting to happen with the rise of ISIS.


18 posted on 08/11/2014 6:03:28 PM PDT by jazusamo (Sometimes I think that this is an era when sanity has become controversial: Thomas Sowell)
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To: jazusamo
Something else: many forget that IS (ISIS) is not just one group of Islamists. They consist of a few subgroups (or did when we first heard about them weeks ago). They include former Sadam's Baathists members & other Saudi, Qatari, and a couple of others from the Gulf region Sheikhdoms.

I can't remember the name of that Qatari or was it Saudi Sheikh, who actually gave an interview as to why his forces, funded by the Saudis, Qataris, etc.. were fighting alongside IS. From memory, that Sheikh said his Islamist group weren't as brutal as IS, but still they've been fighting alongside IS to bring down the Iraqi central government (united goal for now). So, I'm not sure if Erdogan (having strong Islamist inclination) hasn't already given moral support (if financial) to IS.

23 posted on 08/11/2014 6:26:32 PM PDT by odds
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