[hanamizu]

And why was he the only person on the planet calling them ‘ISIL’?

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I don’t remember the details now. The ‘L’ was their claim to the Levant. But it was like O was trying to lead a parade that no one else ended up joining. His loyal minions of course pointedly used ISIL while the rest of the world used ISIS. Of course he had loyal minions in government in contrast to PDJT who only has the American people on his side.

[Lurkinanloomin]

The Levant includes the area that is now Israel.
The Kenyan from Indonesia spent his formative years in a madrassa.

[Mr. K]

Beautiful- I love the way you phrased that. ‘Trying to lead a parade no one was following’ captures it exactly.

I kept wondering why he kept calling them that, and why everyone in the media kept ignoring it.