[GeronL]

All of the above?

[mabarker1]

zer0/whoresoros

[GraceG]

[ConservativeMan55]

bump!

Obama gave them weapons.

But there is more than just that. They are getting money from somewhere.

You can bet.. Aid money we send to one of the flea ridden foreign countries is being funneled straight to ISIS.

[mabarker1]

And it don’t help We left all that equip over there...

[pgkdan]

I doubt it’s the Saudi’s because ISIS is threatening Mecca and the Kaaba. I doubt that it’s Iran because ISIS is Sunni. Besides the obama administration I don’t know who else is helping these dirtbags.

[Responsibility2nd]

Well, ISI DID loot over 400 million US dollars from the Bank of Mosul, so there’s that....

[cripplecreek]

Well they got nearly a half billion dollars from the bank in Iraq not to mention billions in American military hardware that we left to the Iraqis. Plus whatever help Obama has given them for fighting Assad.

Now they’re charging taxes.

[fso301]

All of the above via Turkey.

[SkyDancer]

Well since they knocked over a bank and stole millions I guess they’re self funded.

[Rockingham]

From what I have read, ISIS is mostly self-funded, through drug trafficking, theft, smuggling, extortion, and robbery.

[TigerClaws]

We are. We gave them money to fight Syria’s government and weapons at Benghazi.

[Uncle Chip]

We are —

and if that’s not obvious to our elected representatives then they need to be diselected.

[publius911]

Vanity: Who is funding ISIS?

Iran.
Pakistan.
Syria.
Egypt.
Turkey.
Yemen.
United Arab Emirates.
Kuwait.
The United States. Arming both sides inevitably has the absolute worst result.

And last but foremost, Saudi Arabia, with money laundered through that (Saudi?) muslim "Irish citizen" who funded the banning of the book, Alms for Jihad, which is widely available in PDF format...

[SECURE AMERICA]

Nothing to pull off. The Government troops pretty much pulled out as soon as they were attacked and the attackers have sympathizers within the population ISIS has access to government funding from several states. Now they have access to the tons of weapons and materials we left behind. They all hate us, so them killing each other off does not really seem to be a bad thing.........

[Paladin2]

Bammy,s Sta$h?

[Darksheare]

Obama via taxpayer money to the “Syrian rebels”.

[353FMG]

>For them to be able to easily overrun towns, take them over and move on to the next town.<

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I heard that many of the Iraqi Sunnis deserted and joined ISIS and that the Shia were slaughtered?

These acts of terror only weakened the resistance in subsequent towns until it became a rout for the Iraqi army.

It is expected that, now that ISIS has reached Shia area, the latter will put up a more serious fight especially now that they will receive help from Iran. They will have to put up resistance in order to survive.

There is no room in ISIS for the Shiites.

[grania]

When ISIS first did their maniac rogue terrorist thing, they already had a power base in Syria and some members had training, equipment, and financing from Obama and McCain doing their thing identifying the freedom fighters who promised to fight our battles. There were some reports that they're very wealthy now, with oil revenus from some drilling operations they took over, the $400 million or so they took from a Mosul bank and possibly funding from our friends the Saudis.

The whole thing is frightening. It's disturbing that every country that considers itself to be civilized hasn't dropped their differences for awhile and worked together to annihilate them. Take out a map. If they get access to the Med, there's no stopping ISIS.

[Ray76]

Obama, McCain, et al.