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2016 Postmortem

karynnj

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18. Not to mention, many of the Sunni tribes straddled the Iraq/Syria border

Reply to JackRiddler (Reply #3)

Sun Apr 10, 2016, 08:16 PM

Apr 2016

The border, drawn by the British, was a line on the map as far as many of the Sunnis in that area - with family on both sides. This makes that question rather strange.

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A Kwik Kwiz -- Did ISIS originate in Iraq or Syria? What caused it? (Answer before reading.) [View all] Armstead Apr 2016 OP

Hillary the neocon. Notice how she threw Iran in there as a cause of ISIS? Avalux Apr 2016 #1

She is Joe Lieberman with better PR jfern Apr 2016 #28

wow... Hill sounds like someone from crazy land yourpaljoey Apr 2016 #2

Obviously. It originated with the Iraqi insurgency... JackRiddler Apr 2016 #3

Tsk, that's "beyond absurd". ISIS was formed in Syria the former SOS has spoken riderinthestorm Apr 2016 #4

The Atlantic and BBC Armstead Apr 2016 #5

Isis began "in Syria, where there was a largely secular uprising against President Bashar al-Assad" Henhouse Apr 2016 #12

That "foolish old man" knew better than to attack Iraq unlike the foolish woman who lied about it: beam me up scottie Apr 2016 #15

You ought to read the Atlantic article again Armstead Apr 2016 #16

Direct quote from the article you posted: Henhouse Apr 2016 #22

Second front Armstead Apr 2016 #23

You should quit, because you are just making yourself look worse and worse.[n/t] Maedhros Apr 2016 #26

And with the Brutal conditions Wellstone ruled Apr 2016 #6

Not to mention, many of the Sunni tribes straddled the Iraq/Syria border karynnj Apr 2016 #18

I watched it...and it was total NeoCon.... KoKo Apr 2016 #7

Irt sounded good as a soundbite I guess Armstead Apr 2016 #8

Here's the problem, though... KoKo Apr 2016 #10

No wonder she thought Iraq ... GeorgeGist Apr 2016 #9

IMHO....from watching her... KoKo Apr 2016 #11

Hillarious told me it was RUSSIA!!! PUTIIIINNNNNNNNNNN FlatBaroque Apr 2016 #13

Started in Syria, organized in Iraq Bradical79 Apr 2016 #14

See the BBC and Atlantic articles above Armstead Apr 2016 #17

Many of ISIS' top military leaders are former Saddam Baathist military riderinthestorm Apr 2016 #21

Iraq, angry Sunnis icecreamfan Apr 2016 #19

Anyway, whatever the metamorphoses of the jihadis... JackRiddler Apr 2016 #20

Exactly... Armstead Apr 2016 #24

"well get the *reformist* IS, and then we'll go after the REAL threat--Iran! and Russia!" MisterP Apr 2016 #25

The Iraqi Insurgency became Al Qaeda in Iraq... laid low after the surge, then hopped into Syria... phleshdef Apr 2016 #27

No... Pissed-off iraqi Sunnis and Al-Malicki pissing them off even more. DetlefK Apr 2016 #29