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CNN analyst find ISIS threat to be “mostly hype”
Hot Air.com ^ | September 6, 2014 | JAZZ SHAW

Posted on 09/06/2014 2:00:55 PM PDT by Kaslin

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bump!


21 posted on 09/06/2014 2:18:36 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Kaslin

Beware the conclusions of amateur analysts (and many of the pros as well). In this particular field you don’t have to be very far wrong to be catastrophically wrong. What they are really talking about here with regard to “threat to the U.S.” is the ability to project force to the U.S. homeland. There are other ways to hurt the U.S., of course, but more to the point, everything said about ISIS here was equally true of al Qaeda prior to 9/11. And then it wasn’t.


22 posted on 09/06/2014 2:19:10 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: BenLurkin

thanks but honest ... am undeserving.


23 posted on 09/06/2014 2:20:11 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: Brother Cracker
And now Israel has some lovely eastern beachfront property!


24 posted on 09/06/2014 2:20:39 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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To: Kaslin

There seems to be some confusion about “American” citizens that are choosing to travel to the Middle East and enlist in the cause of the Islamic State, and the very real threat they pose to the territory once known as “the United States of America”.

For one thing, the number is more than likely underestimated. There are all kinds of protests that can be raised against that abstraction that was “the United States of America”, and not all of them are raised within that territory. There is effectively NO barrier to the widespread entry or re-entry of enemy combatants through the border with Mexico, and the number of ISIS agents already here is probably impossible to estimate now.

The date September 11 is fast approaching, and there is an almost certain likelihood of some vast conspiracy taking place, with simultaneous strikes in many widely scattered sites, those against malls or various educational institutions being prime targets. This is terrorism on an immense scale, such as never before seen on the North American continent, and we do not have a Vladimir Putin who is ruthless enough to take necessary countermeasures.

There is potential for a vast amount of collateral damage. And not all of it will be done to “American” citizens, in this country under false pretenses, but who sympathize with the cause of ISIS and the Worldwide Caliphate. But these bearers of “false colors” will surely bear the brunt of the retaliation.


25 posted on 09/06/2014 2:21:43 PM PDT by alloysteel (Most people become who they promised they would never be.)
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To: Kaslin
CNN is mostly "MOSTLY HYPE."
26 posted on 09/06/2014 2:25:10 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: COBOL2Java

the luxury house on the beach. an amazing picture. where from?


27 posted on 09/06/2014 2:25:30 PM PDT by heye2monn (MO)
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To: Kaslin

An academic and journalist who never wore a uniform:

Peter Bergen
http://peterbergen.com/biography/


28 posted on 09/06/2014 2:26:52 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
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To: alloysteel

Prayers for America. Prayers for Families. Prayers for every American. May the time come and pass and may the remainder of this year pass in peace and calm on America’s soil. Please Lord. Our tears Jesus ... Amen.


29 posted on 09/06/2014 2:30:02 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: Brother Cracker

I don’t know if it’s solved but it’s a heck of a good start.


30 posted on 09/06/2014 2:30:09 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: Kaslin

I’ll get back with you Friday on this.


31 posted on 09/06/2014 2:30:48 PM PDT by Shady (We are at war again......this time for our lives...)
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To: Kaslin

These pricks will do ANYTHING to protect their messiah Obama..Perhaps if Bergen doesn’t believe ISIS is a threat, he should go meet with them..give the head honcho a big bear hug, if he makes it out of there with his head still attached to his body then he should consider himself lucky


32 posted on 09/06/2014 2:32:32 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Kaslin

Well, that’s just so reassuring............/sarc


33 posted on 09/06/2014 2:33:13 PM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: Kaslin

Perhaps he’d care to do some on-the-scene reporting?

He could embed with the ISIS troops and give us the real picture?


34 posted on 09/06/2014 2:38:37 PM PDT by Taxman (I am mad as Hell and I am not going to take it any more!)
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To: Kaslin

At its most literal sense they aren’t a threat to the US.Its not like they can come here and take over the nation. They are however a threat to Americans. If thats his point then he’s an idiot.


35 posted on 09/06/2014 2:45:06 PM PDT by wiggen (The teacher card. When the racism card just won't work.)
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To: Kaslin; All
Note the sharp contrast in today's theads concerning potential terrorist attacks.
FR: judicialwatch.org: Imminent Terrorist Attack Warning Update: Ft. Bliss Increases Security

36 posted on 09/06/2014 2:47:11 PM PDT by Amendment10
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To: heye2monn

looks more like a hotel. Notice all the umbrellas on the beach.


37 posted on 09/06/2014 2:47:23 PM PDT by wiggen (The teacher card. When the racism card just won't work.)
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To: Kaslin

The leftists are petrified that a threat from abroad will overwhelm their plan to remake American society.


38 posted on 09/06/2014 2:49:03 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: Kaslin

It only takes one Mooslim and one bomb in a mall...a church...a marathon...


39 posted on 09/06/2014 2:50:22 PM PDT by Dallas59
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Why is Obama so important to them?


40 posted on 09/06/2014 2:50:52 PM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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