tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post3918230017133223353..comments2024-03-28T15:24:53.579-04:00Comments on Rational Nation USA: The Donald... (Updated 8/12/160Les Carpenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-37669545761004772512016-09-16T12:45:38.840-04:002016-09-16T12:45:38.840-04:00Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
The Islamic ...<i><b>Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant<br /><br />The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Islamic State, and by its Arabic language acronym Daesh, is a Salafi jihadist militant group that follows a fundamentalist, Wahhabi doctrine of Sunni Islam. Wikipedia<br /><br />Founder: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi<br />Founded: 1999<br />Originated as: Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad (1999)<br /><br />Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant/Founded<br /><br />1999</b></i><br /><br /><b><a href="https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=when%20was%20isis%20founded" rel="nofollow">LINK</a> </b><br /><br />Ii is what it is...<br /><br />Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-87291234638109684942016-09-15T19:10:44.615-04:002016-09-15T19:10:44.615-04:00Correction: The time between the two comments was ...Correction: The time between the two comments was a YEAR and 11 days. My mistake.<br /><br />That said, I don't know where you're getting 1999 from (as a founding date for ISIS). ISIS began as AQI (al-Qaeda in Iraq) and was founded after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War" rel="nofollow">invasion of Iraq in 2003</a>. Wikipedia notes <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzim_Qaidat_al-Jihad_fi_Bilad_al-Rafidayn" rel="nofollow">that</a> "the group is believed to have started bomb attacks in Iraq as of August 2003, five months after the coalition invasion and occupation of Iraq". Why/how do you think it was founded prior to the invasion of Iraq? Given the fact that AQI's reason for existing was to fight back against the occupying invaders.Dervish Sandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13671865801885224353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-82950642394151569112016-09-15T18:43:52.719-04:002016-09-15T18:43:52.719-04:00No I have not changed my mind. But I did leave mys...No I have not changed my mind. But I did leave myself open.<br /><br />Since ISIS was started (founded) in 1999 it would have existed even if Gore had been elected. What I do think is that Gore's policies would have been significantly less cowboyish than GWB's, IE: Iraq. Which in my opinion would have resulted in a different landscape.<br /><br />Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-45858190758647860372016-09-15T18:21:00.911-04:002016-09-15T18:21:00.911-04:00RN: ISIS would likely came into existence with or ...<i>RN: ISIS would likely came into existence with or without George W. Bush.</i><br /><br />So, you've changed your mind since <a href="http://dervishsanders.blogspot.com/2015/08/on-al-gore-being-elected-president-in.html?showComment=1438518926789#c4924995001270471252" rel="nofollow">8/2/2015</a> (a mere 11 days prior), when you said "There are certainly things to dislike about Gore... but it's a good bet... ISIS likely would not exist".Dervish Sandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13671865801885224353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-17163064086482193162016-08-13T20:55:25.996-04:002016-08-13T20:55:25.996-04:00Not quite as dubious as Trumplestiltskin's ass...Not quite as dubious as Trumplestiltskin's assertion. ISIS would likely came into existence with or without George W. Bush. But we know you never let an opportunity to bash GWB pass you by Dervish. <br /><br />Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-8452493987771413482016-08-13T17:04:49.915-04:002016-08-13T17:04:49.915-04:00george w bush founded ISIS. According to how Hugh ...george w bush founded ISIS. According to how Hugh Hewitt interpreted what Trump said, <a href="http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/12/01/former-military-official-says-george-w-bush-created-isis" rel="nofollow">the founder was gwb</a>, not BHO or HRC.Dervish Sandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13671865801885224353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-45824977169186380872016-08-12T17:22:11.359-04:002016-08-12T17:22:11.359-04:00Indeed BB Idaho!
Actually, I like interesting ti...Indeed BB Idaho! <br /><br />Actually, I like interesting times, I just don't like stupidly interesting times.<br /><br />Trumplestiltskin is a true embarrassment for this nation of ours.Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-13395887158174639092016-08-12T16:23:33.737-04:002016-08-12T16:23:33.737-04:00The self described truth teller is too afraid to r...The self described truth teller is too afraid to release his tax returns, though Clinton offered 7 years worth without being asked. I wonder if the Russian hackers and several GOP congressional 'investigators'<br />would find if they turned their attention to a man that routinely lies in public, who blames the media for<br />his ludicrous pronunciations, got rich despite four bankruptcies, a purple heart despite 5 draft deferments<br />and has made not only the defense and state departments, but most of Europe very concerned. (My European<br />relatives write 'whats up with that stuff?-I reply 'you have to be an American to understand..and if you do,<br />you blush in embarrassment' May we live in less interesting times.... BB-Idahohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388509941702241290noreply@blogger.com