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WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts)
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 09:16 PM Apr 2015

TYT: Airstrikes = Fertilizer For ISIS



"Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur) host of The Young Turks discusses the growth of ISIS membership following airstrikes on ISIS targets by the United States.

ISIS really missed the chance to call themselves Hydra because the literalism would have been glorious. Following airstrikes in Syria against ISIS targets Syrian President Basher al-Assad has shared the unfortunate news that the ranks of the terrorist organization has only grown. One head is cut off, two take its place. This is only a symptom of a growing epidemic of ISIS growth on the rise. Libya, Iraq and a handful other Middle Eastern countries are reporting that the organization branches there have also expanded and grown in membership."

Read more here: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/30/us-syria-crisis-assad-idUSKBN0MQ01O20150330
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TYT: Airstrikes = Fertilizer For ISIS (Original Post) WhoIsNumberNone Apr 2015 OP
OK. So what policy would Cenk suggest? JDPriestly Apr 2015 #1

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
1. OK. So what policy would Cenk suggest?
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 10:05 PM
Apr 2015

We only have a limited number of tools in our toolbox. Propaganda and friendship are not going to work. Too late for that.

We need a world in which we all enjoy religious tolerance including tolerance of those who are not religious. I don't see that happening in the Middle East.

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