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mr_lebowski

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8. People like that can be led by actors who only pretend to be 'faithful' ...

Reply to GulfCoast66 (Reply #3)

Sat Oct 12, 2019, 01:29 AM

Oct 2019

Look up Mohammed Atta sometime if you don't recall what was discovered about him post 9/11. He was a nightclub denizen, a womanizer, and a drinker who liked his fancy clothes.

I'd guess rank and file Isis are probably more or less 'what we think they are', but their 'leadership'? Feel like we don't really know shit about THEM ... They could be 'anybody', frankly.

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This Has to Be Asked: Is ISIS a Branch of the Russian Mob? [View all] McCamy Taylor Oct 2019 OP

Well then. WheelWalker Oct 2019 #1

OK, sure. greytdemocrat Oct 2019 #2

Oh please. They are religious fanatics. GulfCoast66 Oct 2019 #3

People like that can be led by actors who only pretend to be 'faithful' ... mr_lebowski Oct 2019 #8

strange bedfellows. RDANGELO Oct 2019 #4

Sounds plausible to me...I'd put nothing over on Putin/Trump/Erdogan... GReedDiamond Oct 2019 #5

No, I think not. Mme. Defarge Oct 2019 #6

We kinda created ISIS LeftInTX Oct 2019 #7

Say what njhoneybadger Oct 2019 #9

Mmm... no. NCLefty Oct 2019 #10

not the craziest thing i ever heard. mopinko Oct 2019 #11

Genesis of ISIL is that it sprung up under li'l bush's mideast gulags. Mc Mike Oct 2019 #12