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Everyone else calls them “ISIS.” Obama calls them “ISIL.” Is there a reason? Yep!
Three Percenter Nation ^ | September 3, 2014 | Thomas Madison

Posted on 09/03/2014 6:51:17 PM PDT by dontreadthis

ISIS or ISIL? There is a BIG difference! By Thomas Madison

I posted this peculiarity last week. It has become increasingly conspicuous, annoying even, that while the rest of the world refers to the cockroaches beheading innocent people, including children, across Syria and Iraq, as ISIS, or IS, King Hussein, and the rest of his administration insist on referring to the lice-ridden scumbags as ISIL.

“Tomaytoes/tomahtoes?” Hmmmmmm, I don’t think so. If you look closely at the literal, geographical difference between the two acronyms, it appears that there is much more to the story.

ISIS is an acronym for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, which includes only territory within the clear borders of those two sovereign countries. ISIL is an acronym for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

The “Levant” includes Israel.

Ostensibly, anyone referring to this nest of rats as ISIL, and only as ISIL, while the rest of the civilized world refers to them as ISIS, is denying the existence of Israel, a point much harder to support had not that talking point made its way to every official mouthpiece of every agency and department within the federal government.


TOPICS: Egypt; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; Russia; Syria
KEYWORDS: egypt; isil; isis; israel; kenyanbornmuzzie; levant; russia; syria
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1 posted on 09/03/2014 6:51:17 PM PDT by dontreadthis
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To: dontreadthis

I heard him call it “ISOS”.


2 posted on 09/03/2014 6:53:06 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: dontreadthis
FR scoop here.

Permission to gloat?

3 posted on 09/03/2014 6:54:15 PM PDT by null and void (If Bill Clinton was the first black president, why isn't Barack Obama the first woman president?)
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To: null and void

You deserve a h/t.


4 posted on 09/03/2014 6:56:04 PM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: dontreadthis

Showing deference to terrorists


5 posted on 09/03/2014 6:56:09 PM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: dontreadthis

Obama calls them ISIL for a reason. Lets see if anyone here knows why?


6 posted on 09/03/2014 6:57:18 PM PDT by jacob allen
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To: dontreadthis
When Hitler wrote Mein Kampf, he laid it all out there (kill the Jews/conquer the world) -- and the book sold like hot cakes. When Hitler came to power, a lot people thought he was a swell guy for awhile. Then he started killing Jews and trying to conquer the world -- and everyone said, "Whoa! Where did that come from??"

At the end of our current problems, people will look back at Obama and they'll say: "He wasn't even subtle. He was obviously a Muslim who hated America and hated Israel. How did the voters not see that??"

7 posted on 09/03/2014 6:58:24 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy ("Harvey Dent, can we trust him?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBsdV--kLoQ)
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To: dontreadthis

L is for Levant


8 posted on 09/03/2014 7:02:03 PM PDT by jacob allen
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To: dontreadthis

I noticed this too.

I figured there was some kind of nefarious reason.

Oh how I hate this miserable excuse for a president.


9 posted on 09/03/2014 7:02:07 PM PDT by Califreak (Hope and Che'nge is killing U.S.)
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To: dontreadthis

” - - - ISIS is an acronym for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, which includes only territory within the clear borders of those two sovereign countries. “ - - - - “

Thanks. ISIS it is!


10 posted on 09/03/2014 7:02:08 PM PDT by Graewoulf (Democrats' Obamacare Socialist Health Insur. Tax violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Everyone who voted for Obama is pro-abortion.

Pro-abortion people are spiritually dead and intellectually dishonest.

Thus, they are incapable of recognizing evil for what it is.

Thus, they vote for people who are a direct threat to THEM.

This is how “God” destroys a nation that votes in wicked people. He doesn’t need to intervene or “chastise” such a nation with some spectacular, miraculous action. He just lets the natural process play out.


11 posted on 09/03/2014 7:03:21 PM PDT by Arthur McGowan
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To: dontreadthis; null and void

If the archaic term Levant is used, then Mesopotamia is the appropriate term for Iraq and Syria. ISML. Shuffle the letters, add “E” for Euphrates, and we have SLIME.


12 posted on 09/03/2014 7:03:29 PM PDT by NautiNurse (Obama sends U.S. Marines to pick up his dog & basketballs. Benghazi? Nope.)
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To: morphing libertarian
Wouldn't be the first time.


13 posted on 09/03/2014 7:04:33 PM PDT by lightman (O Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance, giving to Thy Church vict'ry o'er Her enemies.)
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To: null and void

granted.
but, pray tell, did you look it up? No need to fib, it shows a commendable intellectual curiosity.


14 posted on 09/03/2014 7:05:32 PM PDT by dontreadthis
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To: dontreadthis
The “Levant” includes Israel.
15 posted on 09/03/2014 7:09:42 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: jacob allen

P is for Pock-E-stahn.


16 posted on 09/03/2014 7:10:03 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: NautiNurse

Well played. There must be a way we can work in a leading m and u.

Mesopotamia Ur Sodom Levant Iran muslim Emirate, maybe?


17 posted on 09/03/2014 7:10:22 PM PDT by null and void (If Bill Clinton was the first black president, why isn't Barack Obama the first woman president?)
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To: dontreadthis

The Levant includes Israel and Lebanon.


18 posted on 09/03/2014 7:11:05 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Politicians and diapers must be changed often for the same reason)
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To: dontreadthis; Kaslin

Excellent maps here, courtesy of Kaslin, of ISIS territory and a map of the Levant:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3200003/posts?page=81#81


19 posted on 09/03/2014 7:16:41 PM PDT by upchuck (It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care.)
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To: dontreadthis

My Jewish friends, most are intelligent and socially prudent people, except when it comes to voting. This is not still the McCarthy Era, you don’t need the Dems to protect you anymore.
Same as when I speak to my black friends; Please do wake up, look at where your social experiment has gotten us. Look closely at this person now called your president. He’s really not that into you, and doesn’t care who knows it.


20 posted on 09/03/2014 7:19:51 PM PDT by lee martell
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