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Syrian Rebels Demand Islamic State

Apparently one of the laws of the universe is that the alleged freedom fighters the neocons urge us to support in Middle Eastern countries turn out to support the very kind of Islamic state whose emergence the neocons claim to be on guard against. The most recent example: Syria.

Unlearn the Propaganda!

  • anon

    Indeed, Islamic states should not be urged/approved and be on guard against. Undoubtedly, americans and others around the world will face security concerns.

    Why is it dems/repubs can’t see that supporting rebels is a good thing in Syria when every single example of topping a secular dictator that protects Christians and maintains peace had led to Muslim Brotherhood/Al Qaeda/other same category Islamists. From Iraq to Libya to Egypt to Iran, etc…

    Why would americans want to support so called ‘rebels’ when they are told that us intelligence has no idea who the rebels are? Simple questions, yet much of the public does not ask even basic questions.

  • Michael Mills

    This is part of their wierd double down politiCal tactic that always seems to work and it drives me nuts because its blatant they shove the logical inconsistency in the whole nations face and they are accepted consistantly as sincere. They create gun free zones where gun crimes occur then they use it to justify contiscation which increases gun crime which increases gun laws in a gigantic feedback loop of tyranny. Same with the turrists they undermine a country creating blowback which they use as judtification for more meddling which causes more blowback which creates another feedback loop of diminishing freedom and gov largresse. That they brazenly get away with it is my biggest surprise. How do they manage it so regularly? I mean seriously, how?