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unhappycamper

(60,364 posts)
Wed Sep 17, 2014, 06:48 AM Sep 2014

A Syrian Resident Dots the 'I's on ISIS

http://www.opednews.com/articles/A-A-Syrian-Resident-Dots-t-by-Deena-Stryker-America_Arab_Blood_Boots-140916-233.html

A Syrian Resident Dots the 'I's on ISIS
By Deena Stryker
OpEdNews Op Eds 9/16/2014 at 11:59:39

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This is a young man, who is officially listed as an advisor to Pres. Obama, a highly decorated soldier and officer. He now calls himself a journalist. He states that his home is Washington, DC but that he currently lives in Southern Turkey. "Southern Turkey" is a code-word for "living with the radical Islamic terrorists who are killing in Syria".

Ackerman writes about American soldiers like him who are currently living in Southern Turkey. They frequent bars, sleep with Turkish women, and have no religious affiliation. They are trained and decorated soldiers who have served various tours of duty in Afghanistan and Iraq. Out of service, they miss the smell of human blood on their hands, so they fight with ISIS, Jibhat al Nusra, Islamic Front or the Free Syrian Army.[tag]



I don't mind Elliot Ackerman writing this story and bringing to our attention that there are some very warped US citizens killing in Syria, because it is a journalist's job to find the hard facts. But Elliot glorified them, and even wrote that he admired them for living out their dream, no matter where it took them. Well, I object, since they are killing my unarmed neighbors sleeping in their beds at night.

You may have seen the recent photo that UK MP George Galloway posted online, showing a ISIS soldier who mistakenly had his shirt sleeve pushed up too high, and revealed his US ARMY tattoo. You must admit that many ISIS soldiers are indeed Americans, with no Arab ancestors, who never have and never wiill be Muslims. These are US mercenaries, there either for a paycheck or in the employ of the CIA. ISIS didn't create itself, it is not a grassroots group. It is a CIA organization, just like the Mujahideen in Afghanistan was back in the Osama bin Laden days.
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