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8. ISIS is a Sunni militia backed by the Saudis, Kuwaitis and Qataris

Mon Aug 10, 2015, 10:41 AM

Aug 2015

ISIS is helping us overthrow Assad, in part by creating an excuse for us to bomb the shit out of Syria. They are stabalizing Iraq and providing a buffer with Iran.

http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-state-sponsors-of-isis-saudi-arabia-qatar-turkey-why-are-they-no-subjected-to-sanctions/5403310

The Guardian piece reads like watching a baseball game and wondering why they aren't scoring more touchdowns.

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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

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

There is some progress romanic Aug 2015 #4

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