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World leaders have taken to calling ISIS “Daesh,” a word the Islamic State hates.
Newrepublic.com ^ | 11/16/2015 | Newrepublic.com

Posted on 11/16/2015 8:40:26 PM PST by Dallas59

World leaders have taken to calling ISIS “Daesh,” a word the Islamic State hates.

Since the attacks in Paris, both John Kerry and François Hollande have used it. The Kurdish militants battling ISIS in Iraq already use the term regularly, though they risk loosing their tongues by uttering it.

Daesh is an acronym. It stands for the Arabic name of the Islamic State: al-Dawla al-Islamiya fi al-Iraq wa al-Sham. When Jen Percy, a New Republic contributor, went to northern Iraq this year, the Assyrian Christians waging a war against ISIS were calling ISIS troops “Daesh.” In her article for our September issue, she called it “a pejorative term for ISIS in Arabic.”

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1 posted on 11/16/2015 8:40:27 PM PST by Dallas59
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To: Dallas59

call them names. that’ll teach them.


2 posted on 11/16/2015 8:42:35 PM PST by JohnBrowdie (http://forum.stink-eye.net)
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To: Dallas59

It’s Arabic for “Hillary”.


3 posted on 11/16/2015 8:42:48 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (Evil, in this world, comes from sin. Not from income disparity or 'climate change.' - Dr.Cernea)
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To: Dallas59
The only problem I have with "Daesh" is that as an acronym it masks the true nature of the enemy.

They are "Islamic". Say it out loud.

4 posted on 11/16/2015 8:43:22 PM PST by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: JohnBrowdie

The Kurds can use whatever words they want. They’re the only ones willing to fight on the ground.

And if you get your enemy angry enough for silly reasons, perhaps they make a mistake in their rage.


5 posted on 11/16/2015 8:44:28 PM PST by dp0622 (..)
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To: Dallas59

Did the New Republic just learn this? Calling IS Daesh to insult them is very old news.


6 posted on 11/16/2015 8:46:47 PM PST by FourPeas ("Conservatism's worked every time it's been tried." -Rush)
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To: Dallas59
“Daesh,” … both John Kerry and François Hollande have used it.

So how did the particularly pompous putz pronounce it? Better than "Jhengis Kahn" I hope.

 

7 posted on 11/16/2015 8:47:40 PM PST by Bronzewound (� 2015 GOP. A Timid Little Division Of The Democrat Party.)
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To: Dallas59

Love love love the Kurds. On twitter they are the best.go Peshmerga.


8 posted on 11/16/2015 8:47:43 PM PST by MarMema
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To: dayglored

They are mohammedans. They worship the man mohammad and his king of hell.


9 posted on 11/16/2015 8:48:08 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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To: Dallas59

Daesh is as dead as ISIL. Get over it.


10 posted on 11/16/2015 8:48:36 PM PST by 867V309 (Trump: Bull in a RINO Shoppe)
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To: FourPeas

Yea, the Iranian Special Forces operating out of Bagdad/Masul have been calling them that on YouTube for 3 years or so.


11 posted on 11/16/2015 8:51:38 PM PST by The Toll
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To: Dallas59

I just call them camel “boinkers” - and I am being civil.


12 posted on 11/16/2015 8:53:12 PM PST by WTFOVR (I find myself exclaiming that expression quite often these days!)
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To: Dallas59

Yet the blumpkin in chief still calls them ISIL.


13 posted on 11/16/2015 8:53:27 PM PST by Captainpaintball (Immigration without assimilation is the death of a nation -- FUJB!!!)
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To: dayglored

“They are “Islamic”. Say it out loud.”

Absolutely

The major source of the evil in this World. Islam


14 posted on 11/16/2015 8:54:35 PM PST by rockinqsranch ((Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will. They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.))
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To: dayglored

Exactly. To me they’re Islamic State. Period.


15 posted on 11/16/2015 8:55:56 PM PST by spetznaz (Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
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To: JohnBrowdie
call them names. that'll teach them.

Remember that branding is an effective technique. It is used here in the US all the time. For good and bad. The reason it is used so much is because it works.

16 posted on 11/16/2015 8:56:14 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Dallas59

I believe that I must speak out against Islam and not the people who are Moslems. There is a difference in loathing Islam as an erroneous doctrine and the people who practice it. Islam is a twisted idealogy. Moslems are only misguided people, slaves to a violent form of authoritarianism.

Islam is no religion. It must be banned in America as it was banned in Angola! And all mosques closed in America as they were in Angola. Then Moslems who live in America can live in freedom & peace or move to a country where Islam is legal.

http://www.politicalislam.com/about/


17 posted on 11/16/2015 8:56:51 PM PST by Lopeover (2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States)
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To: Dallas59

Who cares what the barbarians like or don’t like to be called? They need to be eliminated.


18 posted on 11/16/2015 8:57:19 PM PST by austingirl
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To: Dallas59

19 posted on 11/16/2015 8:57:31 PM PST by Dallas59 (Only a fool stumbles on things behind him.)
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To: dayglored

Actually Daesh is Arabic for Muslim Douche Bag.


20 posted on 11/16/2015 8:57:42 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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