I wondered how long it was going to take before the leftists started blaming the US for the current problems in the M.E.
malaise (120,305 posts) http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025152900
ISIS in Iraq stinks of CIA/NATO ‘dirty war’ ophttp://rt.com/op-edge/168064-isis-terrorism-usa-cia-war/
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For days now, since their dramatic June 10 taking of Mosul, Western mainstream media have been filled with horror stories of the military conquests in Iraq of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, with the curious acronym ISIS.
Details leaking out suggest that ISIS and the major military ‘surge’ in Iraq - and less so in neighboring Syria - is being shaped and controlled out of Langley, Virginia, and other CIA and Pentagon outposts as the next stage in spreading chaos in the world’s second-largest oil state, Iraq, as well as weakening the recent Syrian stabilization efforts.
Strange facts
The very details of the ISIS military success in the key Iraqi oil center, Mosul, are suspect. According to well-informed Iraqi journalists, ISIS overran the strategic Mosul region, site of some of the world’s most prolific oilfields, with barely a shot fired in resistance. According to one report, residents of Tikrit reported remarkable displays of “soldiers handing over their weapons and uniforms peacefully to militants who ordinarily would have been expected to kill government soldiers on the spot.â€
We are told that ISIS masked psychopaths captured “arms and ammunition from the fleeing security forces†- arms and ammunition supplied by the American government. The offensive coincides with a successful campaign by ISIS in eastern Syria. According to Iraqi journalists, Sunni tribal chiefs in the region had been convinced to side with ISIS against the Shiite Al-Maliki government in Baghdad. They were promised a better deal under ISIS Sunni Sharia than with Baghdad anti-Sunni rule.
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Interesting read - another perspective is always good whether you like the source or not.
Yes... it is all a plot by the CIA to... do what again?
Warren Stupidity (37,630 posts)
1. It is hard to imagine we didn't know we were re-arming and training wahabbi jihadists in Syria.
It is equally difficult to honestly believe that we had no idea that this would spill over into disenfranchised sunni regions of Iraq. We are fighting the Shiite government of Syria, backed by Hezbollah and Iran, and we appear to be far more concerned about Iranian dominance in the region than we are about wahabbi jihadists.
Mr. Stupidity, your President went out of his way to train and equip sunni jihadists in Syria. Now we are seeing the effects of his 'genius' take fruit.
muriel_volestrangler (72,371 posts)
2. Engdahl has never seen a conspiracy theory he didn't like
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._William_Engdahl
Oil? He thinks it's not biological in origin, and will never run out. 'Peak oil' is a political scam.
Global warming? A "scare" from a "tiny elite" looking to gain world power.
The Arab Spring? A joint Bush/Obama production.
The man's a loony. But thanks for bringing his views to DU.
Man's a loony. Belongs on DU.