Posted on 06/16/2016 5:25:30 PM PDT by Angels27
Jug ears and anyone in his administration never says ISIS. They say ISIL.
To me, this leads me to believe 0bama is an ISIS supporter (or even member). He doesn't want to speak against them.
And what they hell is ISIL? No one other than 0bama and John Brennan use this term.
Kerry & Susan Rice use ISIL too. Some people say it is to harm Israel.
To confuse things even more, some Middle East leaders refer to them as Daesh.
No, that idiot Lindsey Graham referred to them as ISIL also.
Doesn’t the Levant mean ‘left’? Bammy the leftist...
Because the rubes in flyover country have latched onto “ISIS”. That’s the name they relate to the enemy through.
So Obama uses ISIL, which is wonkish and obscure, and has no resonance with average folks. He wants detachment. He wants the opposite of gung ho feeling. He doesn”t want a relatable name that stirs feelings and focuses anger.
It’s the same reason we don’t see much video of the fighting we’re doing over there. Wouldn’t want to get people’s blood pumping.
Actually, the “L” better indicates the greater ambitions of IS.
They are not just about Iraq and Syria, they want the whole Middle East ... most especially Israel.
Recognizing that can actually be actually a good thing.
At the very least, ISIL is code for “I’m a smart person” because you’ll notice that elitists generally use it rather than ISIS. Another example is our Canadian prime minister. I am not convinced that anyone using ISIL instead of ISIS has an overt anti-Israel agenda, some may use the alternate name just to appear smart. Obama of course has already proven he is no friend of Israel, so this is not a point that needs to be tested again.
In some ways it might be better politically to recognize the existence of their state then declare war on it. This would get around the problems of military exercises on territory that is nominally Syrian. Recognizing the existence of a state does not imply accepting its policies or even setting up any form of contact. We certainly recognized that the Taliban was running Afghanistan in 2000 and dealt with that accordingly.
Obama hopes to be Imam of ISIL, not Sec. General of U.N.
ISIS is Obama’s “civilian national security force,” his own army that he built all by himself.
I believe you’re right. I think the original reason the intel community used ISIL is that it is a more accurate translation of the Arabic name of the group, particularly the ‘el-Sham’ at the end.
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