Republicans sure do love their terrorists
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sun, 09/17/2023 - 2:14pmYou may remember this moment, when Senator McCain made a surprise visit to Syrian rebels.
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Who will Obama choose to run the caliphate in Syria and Iraq, ISIS or al-Qaeda?
Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 07/28/2015 - 3:45pmThere has been a lot of talk amongst the chattering classes lately about Obama looking the other way as Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar have been supporting the local al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria against the Assad government. For a long period of time American arms "accidentally" flowed freely into the hands of the radical Islamist jihadis of al-Qaeda and ISIS. Then the "journalism" outlets started to get on board with the program.
It comes out now that Obama has specifically encouraged his "vetted moderates" to cooperate more closely with the Islamists:
Evening Blues Preview 7-28-15
Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 07/28/2015 - 2:35pmThis evening's music features jazz singer Billie Holiday.
Evening Blues Preview 6-12-15
Submitted by joe shikspack on Fri, 06/12/2015 - 3:31pmThis evening's music features r&b musician Sly Stone.
Al-Qaeda now stronger than ever thanks to our allies
Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 04/28/2015 - 12:44amRemember al-Qaeda? With all the hype about ISIS it's easy to forget that it was al-Qaeda that attacked us, while Daesh never did.
If you've forgotten that, you wouldn't be alone. It seems that Washington has forgotten it as well, because over the last six months we've been at war with the enemies of al-Qaeda.
