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n2doc

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5. He states it. ISIS is no less powerful than a year ago

Reply to stevenleser (Reply #3)

Mon Aug 10, 2015, 09:42 AM

Aug 2015

Meanwhile, your necocon argument that they would have become a 'superpower " is ludicrous. I suppose they would have amassed nuclear weapons and an air force and navy had we not bombed a bunch of rubble outer there these past 12 months. They would not have taken over all of Iraq or Syria, as all they have done is take over areas of similar Sunni belief, not Kurd or Shiite. Your scare mongering is so oughts.

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We're a year into the unofficial war against Isis with nothing to show for it [View all] n2doc Aug 2015 OP

I disagree. They haven't completely overrun all of Syria and Iraq. And they would almost certainly stevenleser Aug 2015 #1

You have no proof of that assertion n/t n2doc Aug 2015 #2

And your and the author's proof of "nothing to show for it" is? nt stevenleser Aug 2015 #3

He states it. ISIS is no less powerful than a year ago n2doc Aug 2015 #5

That's not proof. Proof would require that what he asserts would not have been different absent stevenleser Aug 2015 #6

There is some progress romanic Aug 2015 #4

So what? Kind of a back-handed way to say we should be isolationist, isn't it? randome Aug 2015 #7

ISIS is a Sunni militia backed by the Saudis, Kuwaitis and Qataris GreatGazoo Aug 2015 #8

It's much more complicated than that. stevenleser Aug 2015 #10

Funny, those are our key regional allies. Comrade Grumpy Aug 2015 #11

So what's Timm's solution then, since he has this all figured out? Blue_Tires Aug 2015 #9

Well, it depends on what your definition of ''nothing to show for it'' is. Octafish Aug 2015 #12