“Why do they hold up one finger like they are some kind of football team?”
Three reasons (and I’m not making this up):
1) One finger = One God. Muslims hold up one finger like that as a sign of belief, a testimony, to the one God.
2) Authority. Their imams and leaders often lecture them while holding up that one finger. It’s like saying, “Pay attention. Listen to my important words!”
3) ISIS. ISIS members use it all the time. http://www.pri.org/stories/2014-09-04/isis-has-new-hand-sign-and-it-means-far-more-we-re-1
I started reading about this “one finger” think last August.
Thank you for the post 20 info.
Enemies of Isis = Russia, marginally USA, marginally Assad
Friends of Isis = Qatar, Saudi, some Gulf States and until recently the USA but hidden from the public
Enemies of Iran = nobody really except Israel
Friends of Iran = Assad, Russia, USA
Enemies of the Kurds = Turkey, Iran, Isis, Iraq
Friends of the Kurds = Nobody except marginally the USA
The Mideast is a cauldron of numerous fires. These fires are moving toward each other and will become an inferno. It makes me wonder who will throw the first nuke?
Russia?
USA?
Israel?
Iran? I think they probably have a few nukes now.
Syria (purchased from North Korea)
Isis (purchased or given by Pakistan)
This whole damn mess is a result of not leaving a residual force in Iraq and supporting rebels in Syria.
This is the legacy of Obama and Hillary and John McCain.
This is not going to end well!