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In reply to the discussion: Here We Go Again!!! "Islamic State militants pose 'biggest threat' to US" [View all]grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)6. Pull the mask back even further, and you get John Macain, and Lindsay Graham.... and Prince Bandar:
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/06/isis-saudi-arabia-iraq-syria-bandar/373181/
McCain tells Saudis to fund what has become ISIS, 'Thank God for the Saudis': ISIS, Iraq, and the Lessons of Blowback
Note that Bandar and wife channeled money to the 911 hijackers when they were in the US through HSBC. (HSBC was later convicted of laundering drug money and terrorism funds.)
Also remember that Bandar was shown the invasion plans for Iraq, BEFORE the US Congress was.
McCain tells Saudis to fund what has become ISIS, 'Thank God for the Saudis': ISIS, Iraq, and the Lessons of Blowback
U.S lawmakers encouraged officials in Riyadh to arm Syrian rebels. Now that strategy may have created a monster in the Middle East.
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The Free Syrian Army (FSA), the moderate armed opposition in the country, receives a lot of attention. But two of the most successful factions fighting Assads forces are Islamist extremist groups: Jabhat al-Nusra and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the latter of which is now amassing territory in Iraq and threatening to further destabilize the entire region. And that success is in part due to the support they have received from two Persian Gulf countries: Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
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Thank God for the Saudis and Prince Bandar, John McCain told CNNs Candy Crowley in January 2014. Thank God for the Saudis and Prince Bandar, and for our Qatari friends, the senator said once again a month later, at the Munich Security Conference.
McCain was praising Prince Bandar bin Sultan, then the head of Saudi Arabias intelligence services and a former ambassador to the United States, for supporting forces fighting Bashar al-Assads regime in Syria. McCain and Senator Lindsey Graham had previously met with Bandar to encourage the Saudis to arm Syrian rebel forces.
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The Free Syrian Army (FSA), the moderate armed opposition in the country, receives a lot of attention. But two of the most successful factions fighting Assads forces are Islamist extremist groups: Jabhat al-Nusra and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the latter of which is now amassing territory in Iraq and threatening to further destabilize the entire region. And that success is in part due to the support they have received from two Persian Gulf countries: Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
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Thank God for the Saudis and Prince Bandar, John McCain told CNNs Candy Crowley in January 2014. Thank God for the Saudis and Prince Bandar, and for our Qatari friends, the senator said once again a month later, at the Munich Security Conference.
McCain was praising Prince Bandar bin Sultan, then the head of Saudi Arabias intelligence services and a former ambassador to the United States, for supporting forces fighting Bashar al-Assads regime in Syria. McCain and Senator Lindsey Graham had previously met with Bandar to encourage the Saudis to arm Syrian rebel forces.
Note that Bandar and wife channeled money to the 911 hijackers when they were in the US through HSBC. (HSBC was later convicted of laundering drug money and terrorism funds.)
Also remember that Bandar was shown the invasion plans for Iraq, BEFORE the US Congress was.
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Here We Go Again!!! "Islamic State militants pose 'biggest threat' to US" [View all]
grahamhgreen
Aug 2014
OP
Thanks! It aint rocket science with these brainiacs... remember the Vulcans?
grahamhgreen
Aug 2014
#10
No, not following... You mean the chemical weapons Rumsfeld sold to Saddam, and then
grahamhgreen
Aug 2014
#9
And if we had not overthrown Iran's democracy, we might be great friends now n/t
arcane1
Aug 2014
#54
In this case, destabilizing the region by invading Iraq, and supporting Surian rebels, is one of the
grahamhgreen
Aug 2014
#61
The first step to recovery for this nation is to admit we have a problem. [n/t]
Maedhros
Aug 2014
#28
Of course...every Country has it's problems.....at least we don't behead people. nt
clarice
Aug 2014
#29
Why is beheading someone worse than blowing up children with Hellfire missiles?
Maedhros
Aug 2014
#30
Perhaps it is prejudice..but I wouldn't want to live anywhere but here. You ? nt
clarice
Aug 2014
#31
I wouldn't mind leaving the United States for a country that is less callously bloodthirsty.
Maedhros
Aug 2014
#32
It is amazing how clean the cities are in countries that are not run by their militarists.
grahamhgreen
Aug 2014
#66
In this case, the biggest instigator of violence on the region does happen to be the US, doesn't it?
grahamhgreen
Aug 2014
#62
According to reports, "the beheader" was from London? mask off the cowards face & expose him.
Sunlei
Aug 2014
#5
Pull the mask back even further, and you get John Macain, and Lindsay Graham.... and Prince Bandar:
grahamhgreen
Aug 2014
#6
McCain is such a prize, but imagine a world that doesnt use fossil fuels, wonder if we would
BaggersRDumb
Aug 2014
#53
That sums it up nicley! Rinse and repeat, and you get endless war for perpetual profit, weehee!
grahamhgreen
Aug 2014
#12
Not yet. But, after we sell them the 7th Fleet and 2ndMarDiv they will be.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Aug 2014
#20
We are responsible for torturing Iraqi's and Abu Ghraib. We are resposible for the war crimes of the
grahamhgreen
Aug 2014
#36
Well I don't think we will have any of those things happen, because Obama is not the BFEE.
Rex
Aug 2014
#51
"Isis can be contained pretty well with airstrikes." What makes you think that? I would submit
grahamhgreen
Aug 2014
#35
ISIS did not exist, and Al-Qaeda was not in Iraq before we got into it. Agreed?
grahamhgreen
Aug 2014
#58