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Warpy

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7. They were quietly armed by Sunni states all over the region

Reply to kwassa (Reply #5)

Sun Sep 7, 2014, 10:27 PM

Sep 2014

while the rage at being snubbed by the mostly Shi'a government continued to increase.

They started with enough weapons to get going. They stole the rest when troops panicked and ran because either they sympathized with the Sunnis or they'd just lost all appetite for fighting by the time we got done with them.

The best psychopath organizer in the world can't do this in a vacuum. He needs help funding his ambition and especially help from a completely tone deaf political structure.

At best, they will redraw the maps of the region the way they should have been done by the retreating British Empire. At worst, they'll enjoy slaughter so much that the world will have to unite to slap them down. My best guess says it will be somewhere in the middle.

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What do YOU think "ISIS", "ISIL", or "ISLAMIC STATE" actually is? [View all] Ken Burch Sep 2014 OP

I think it's a movement that the PNACers are helping to force U.S. troops back into Iraq. n/t woodsprite Sep 2014 #1

fyi, that's covered in option 2 in the poll. n/t. Ken Burch Sep 2014 #2

Sorry, took that as a wholly 'false flag', rather than woodsprite Sep 2014 #13

...Mercenaries who are being funded, trained and supplied weapons by the military industrial complex 951-Riverside Sep 2014 #3

Keep posting this! AND if you haven't seen it - watch it! grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #28

As two things: NuclearDem Sep 2014 #4

I don't see the answer I think is true in your poll. kwassa Sep 2014 #5

They were quietly armed by Sunni states all over the region Warpy Sep 2014 #7

Well said YoungDemCA Sep 2014 #9

al-Baghdadi armed himself through conquest ... and financed the same way. kwassa Sep 2014 #10

You're not really giving a broad or even good selection Scootaloo Sep 2014 #6

Going to have to disagree with you on your last two points Lurks Often Sep 2014 #19

As well as, a chunk of IS is ex-Iraqi military. grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #29

A few of my thoughts YoungDemCA Sep 2014 #8

False flag by republica s to draw us into another senseless war. ncjustice80 Sep 2014 #11

They aren't nihlists BainsBane Sep 2014 #12

It's very much a nasty jihadist movement with horrific aims. AverageJoe90 Sep 2014 #14

Jihadists AnalystInParadise Sep 2014 #15

I don't know. Blue_In_AK Sep 2014 #16

All of the above CJCRANE Sep 2014 #17

Blowback. nt bemildred Sep 2014 #18

The inevitable result of Junior's Big Adventure in Iraq, QC Sep 2014 #20

Winner, winner, chicken dinner gratuitous Sep 2014 #22

Thank you! QC Sep 2014 #25

A threat to liberal and moderate human beings though not to those residing in the US. n/t pampango Sep 2014 #21

My guess, and that's what it is, hifiguy Sep 2014 #23

It is nature abhoring a vacuum. Xithras Sep 2014 #24

+1. One thing is they likely have the names of many of the jihadi's since they gave em guns in grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #27

It's a cross between false flag and genuine jihadi's. Fairly common op, arm some whakos to do grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #26

If I had to guess, I'd say an assortment of thugs and political and/or religious zealots that Marr Sep 2014 #30

A social construct. ZombieHorde Sep 2014 #31