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PersonNumber503602

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32. Don't let these anti-ISIS people get you down.

Reply to peace13 (Reply #18)

Fri Jun 10, 2016, 04:35 PM

Jun 2016

They will always attack ISIS and make them out to be the bad guys, and there is nothing any of us can say to change their mind. Grant you the blowing up of ancient artifacts, the mass executions, and all that stuff makes it somewhat hard to defend and deflect away from ISIS, but I mean there are way bigger fish to complain about. Right? Right!

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ISIS Video Shows Explosion Of A 3,000-Year-Old Assyrian Temple [View all] MariaThinks Jun 2016 OP

Shameful but ironic C_U_L8R Jun 2016 #1

Very Ironic. MariaThinks Jun 2016 #2

It seems logical to me. denbot Jun 2016 #3

Yep. Redneck yahoos always attack symbols of higher culture. sofa king Jun 2016 #4

Not sure it was the French that defaced the Sphinx 6chars Jun 2016 #26

No, but they tore a lot of other stuff up. sofa king Jun 2016 #27

Interesting set of pictures at that link 6chars Jun 2016 #28

Me too. sofa king Jun 2016 #29

France, or a major French movement did some things, or some stray soldiers? braddy Jun 2016 #30

Meh. ISIS doesn't care who they attack. DetlefK Jun 2016 #6

They sound like Westboro Baptist. secondwind Jun 2016 #8

thinking more of the spannish and catholic conquest of central america dembotoz Jun 2016 #9

THEY ARE THE WESTBORO VERSION OF ISLAM. Raster Jun 2016 #10

I'm just glad our government does not support them, and amazing that MariaThinks Jun 2016 #20

Right. romanic Jun 2016 #23

We have no grounds to judge. peace13 Jun 2016 #5

Seriously? DetlefK Jun 2016 #7

I don't think we stopped the looting for one thing. peace13 Jun 2016 #12

You know what that argument sounds to me like? DetlefK Jun 2016 #13

Destruction of antiquities and historic architecture is S.O.P. in Saudi Arabia, closeupready Jun 2016 #17

Think what you will. Your mind is made up! peace13 Jun 2016 #18

Don't let these anti-ISIS people get you down. PersonNumber503602 Jun 2016 #32

Thanks for the kind words. peace13 Jun 2016 #33

OMFG, you just can't resist can you? snooper2 Jun 2016 #15

You mean while we guarded the oil ministry? sulphurdunn Jun 2016 #22

If there was a 3,000 year old temple in America the oppressive christian regime would blow it up too GummyBearz Jun 2016 #11

Actually they research and preserve them. braddy Jun 2016 #31

It's a terrible loss for humanity and for the region askeptic Jun 2016 #14

The Taliban have destroyed ancient Buddhist statues and temples as well. MariaThinks Jun 2016 #19

I'll bet they looted it first and sold off the goods to private collectors and the McCamy Taylor Jun 2016 #16

Just sad. romanic Jun 2016 #21

K & R Quantess Jun 2016 #24

A Faustian bargain to destabilize Assad. Hope it was worth it. nilesobek Jun 2016 #25