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Islamic State: Biggest threat to United States?
BBC News ^ | August 22, 2014 | By Shashank Joshi

Posted on 08/23/2014 4:42:51 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel has used a remarkable set of words to describe the militants of Islamic State (IS).

He warned of their "apocalyptic, end-of-days strategic vision", argued that they pose "an imminent threat to every interest we have, whether it's in Iraq or anywhere else", and depicted them as "beyond anything that we've seen". Is this reckless threat inflation, or is Mr Hagel correct?

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: isis; jayvee; leadingfrombehind; obama
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To: dalereed

Completely agree. Our “real” threats are internal.


41 posted on 08/23/2014 3:49:59 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The US is faced with two existential threats: Marxism and islam. Both need to be wiped out at least within our borders or else we will be.


42 posted on 08/23/2014 8:39:15 PM PDT by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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