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To: Old Teufel Hunden

“And now we have the Obama foreign policy wing speaking out. Yes, that worked out well the first time with the birth of ISIS

Maybe you are referring to the “leading from behind” strategy of Obama to promote the Muslim brotherhood rebels against Syria/Assad.

Actually, the Obama crew just wanted Assad out of the way and it had to do with oil. It wasn’t until Putin started helping Assad that things started to change and we began our exit. The propaganda surrounding our role was just riddled with untruth. The people of Syria still like Assad.

The birth of ISIS? As I recall, those rebels were known as the Muslim Brotherhood — the very ones that McCain liked to chummy with. They got his ear & sympathy and McCain brought it back to the States. There is a pic farther down the page of him with the Muslim Brotherhood.


46 posted on 08/18/2019 6:47:40 AM PDT by happytrumper
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To: happytrumper
"The birth of ISIS? As I recall, those rebels were known as the Muslim Brotherhood — the very ones that McCain liked to chummy with."

Incorrect. It started with Zarqawi who was with the Taliban but didn't think they were hardcore enough religiously. He was really the one that started the insurrection in Iraq in 2004 and 2005. He was killed in 2006. Many of the early members of ISIS were former Iraqi military officers who got "religious". ISIS really has nothing to do with the Muslim Brotherhood. They just share that they are sunnis and crazy.

The only link I'm aware of at all is from Zawahiri who is Egyptian (where the Muslim Brotherhood dominate). He was a member and is now the leader of Al Qada after Bin Laden got killed.
48 posted on 08/19/2019 6:14:54 AM PDT by Old Teufel Hunden
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