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ISIS threat to U.S. mostly hype
CNN ^ | updated 11:02 AM EDT, Fri September 5, 2014 | By Peter Bergen and David Sterman

Posted on 09/06/2014 9:10:41 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Edited on 09/06/2014 9:13:49 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

ISIS has Americans worried. Two-thirds of those surveyed in a recent Pew Research poll said they consider the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria to be a "major threat" to this country. But are such fears really justified?

Despite the impression you may have had from listening to U.S. officials in recent weeks, the answer is probably not really.


(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: cnn; hype; iran; iraq; isis; threat; waronterror
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1 posted on 09/06/2014 9:10:41 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Lying and delusional plicks...


2 posted on 09/06/2014 9:12:53 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: SeekAndFind


but but,,,but Obie said,.....


3 posted on 09/06/2014 9:15:11 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey (Please RESIGN Mr. President Its the RIGHT thing to do)
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To: SeekAndFind

and yes, unemployment is way down and people are happy and race relations could never be better with the great boy princess in power.....oh, and the Cubs will win the pennant...


4 posted on 09/06/2014 9:15:43 PM PDT by cherry
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To: SeekAndFind
ISIS isn't a threat to us.
Obama is.
5 posted on 09/06/2014 9:15:43 PM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: SeekAndFind

Yeah, right. As they say;” Don’t Stop Believing! Hold onto That Feeling.” Until you find yourself neck to blade with one of those ‘harmless crackpots’. They already have cells in many western countries, so I hear. And why wouldn’t they? Considering how Obama wants to erase all the Borders anyway.


6 posted on 09/06/2014 9:15:50 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: SeekAndFind

Yes and Clinton ignored Osama’s declaration of war in 1998. Nothing to worry about I’m sure.


7 posted on 09/06/2014 9:16:36 PM PDT by JimSEA
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To: SeekAndFind

obama is using the same strategy Clinton had for dealing with AL Qeda= avoidance.

We are seeing history being repeated.

A weak DNC admin does nothing about a rising threat , leaves office and is followed by a GOP administration, that must in months make up for 8 years of White House play time.

“New audio has emerged of former President Bill Clinton in 2001, saying he could have killed Osama Bin Laden. The former President allegedly made the comment the day before the September 11th attacks. “

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...


8 posted on 09/06/2014 9:18:10 PM PDT by NoLibZone (The bad news: Hillary Clinton will be the next President. The Good news: Our principles are intact.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Worry? Who me...worry?

Just because the southern border is wide open and these barbarians have already said they will come here...or already are here. Heck no I’m not worried.


9 posted on 09/06/2014 9:21:44 PM PDT by berdie
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To: SeekAndFind

with a sieve-like border, getting terrorists in for a mumbia/nairobi type massacre can’t be hard.

all the major targets are in the big cities.

if several hundred liberal cuties in some progressive enclave get greased by the likes of isis, my guess is we are going to hear a whole new narrative from liberals on terrorism, open borders, militarized police etc.


10 posted on 09/06/2014 9:22:08 PM PDT by Reverend Wright (the Obama Presidency: if a jayvee team puts on Lakers uniforms that doesnÂ’t make them Kobe Bryant)
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To: SeekAndFind
CNN, Peter Bergen, and David Sterman are degenerate faggots.

The USA is completely infiltrated by the musselmen hoarde, and when the SHTF and the attacks come, the RIGHT will rise and do what needs to be done to protect AMERICA and ensure that the left will never control any branch of the US government again.

A final solution to the parasite class gibsmedats isn't far off either.

11 posted on 09/06/2014 9:23:50 PM PDT by Rome2000
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To: Reverend Wright

“hear a whole new narrative...”

I doubt it ,Rev. Think back to 9/11. It lasted only a couple of weeks.


12 posted on 09/06/2014 9:27:14 PM PDT by berdie
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To: SeekAndFind

CNN’s credentials as a journalistic organization, entirely hype.


13 posted on 09/06/2014 9:28:41 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: SeekAndFind

probably not really..
that’s CNNs answer to whether or not ISIS is a threat to the homeland.
Well I’m glad they cleared up the confusion..


14 posted on 09/06/2014 9:29:46 PM PDT by snappahead (if your gonna be dumb, you better be tough.)
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To: SeekAndFind

yeah just look at what they do to people they get their hands on. and in places where they are ‘underdogs’.


15 posted on 09/06/2014 9:44:01 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: SeekAndFind

What can ISIS do to the US from way out in Iraq?

What can Al Qaeda do to the US from way out in Afghanistan?


16 posted on 09/06/2014 10:00:27 PM PDT by marron
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To: SeekAndFind
Typical sleight of hand.

For a start, U.S. officials have been inflating the numbers of Americans fighting for ISIS, which has muddied the issue for the public. U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, for example, told CNN's Jim Sciutto on Wednesday, "We are aware of over 100 U.S. citizens who have U.S. passports who are fighting in the Middle East with ISIL forces." (ISIS is sometimes referred to as ISIL and now calls itself the Islamic State)... But the Pentagon soon corrected Hagel's comment, saying the 100 count is the total number of Americans fighting for any of the various groups fighting in Syria, some of which are more militant than others -- and some of which are even allied with the U.S.

As if the question had anything to do with how many supposed "Americans" are fighting with ISIS. The fact that these guys are turning the middle east into a mixmaster, and have threatened to attack Israel and the US, that these guys are some of the most brutal we have seen anywhere on earth in the last century, that they consider us to be their enemy and have no qualms about sawing off the heads of hundreds of people at a time... particularly Christians, particularly Americans...

They have oil, they have our weaponry...

And they say they are coming for us. Since they will all want to raise the 911 ante, I see them as a threat. I don't care how many supposed Americans have joined their ranks. Thats just typical obamist misdirection.

17 posted on 09/06/2014 10:08:25 PM PDT by marron
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To: SeekAndFind

Of course, we were also told that Iraq was chilled out so we could bring our guys home.


18 posted on 09/06/2014 10:10:15 PM PDT by RichInOC ("In the name of Allah, The Inexorable, The Irresistible...")
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CNN analyst find ISIS threat to be “mostly hype”
Hot Air.com | September 6, 2014 | JAZZ SHAW
Posted on 9/6/2014 5:00:55 PM by Kaslin
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3201279/posts


19 posted on 09/06/2014 10:50:26 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SeekAndFind

I guess it all depends on what the objective of ISIS is.


20 posted on 09/06/2014 11:05:34 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (America is not a refugee camp or woman's shelter for illegals! It's my home! !)
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