Please don’t refer to the Islamic State as ISIS or ISIL.
They are terms used by the White House and other collaborators to obfuscate the Islamic foundation of the Islamic State.
When dictators in Burma and Congo changed their national names to Myanmar and Zaire, news editors followed suit. So why are we still calling the Islamic State ISIS, which sounds like a character in a comic book, or ISIL, which sounds like a medication? They call themselves the Islamic State, and so should we.
Even here on Free Republic, we should be trying to shift the discussion meme. If TV and radio talkers read The Islamic State, they will use the correct words on TV and radio.
If the Islamic State is too much trouble to type out each time, how about use it for the first reference, and IS thereafter? Words and definitions matter. If we can’t even name our enemy, out of fear, then we are doomed to be defeated by a far more implacable foe.
Thanks for making that point — I agree completely. Please keep reminding us and everyone else.
The “Islamic State” is a terrorist organization with incredible resources and is taking over the ME for now, with ambitions for the whole world.
They are what islam is. It’s true face.