The radical Islamist army ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) received weapons and training from the United States in its war against Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. They’re still opening the weapons systems we sent them via the Gulf States and directly. Yes, we’ve bombed our former allies before, but never in recent memory has there been such a rapid change of relations.
ISIS Plans Ahead
Ted Rall
Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication and WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a contributor to Centerclip and co-host of "The Final Countdown" talk show on Radio Sputnik. He is a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "2024: Revisited."
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Speaking in my capacity as an engineer …. when I see a system thrashing wildly, vacillating between opposite states, I know that it is getting close to failing in a spectacular manner. Best not to be standing too close when it finally explodes.
As Bill Clinton said, it depends on what the meaning of ISIS.
You’re gonna burn in heck for that one…
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I knew I was going to owe to apologies for that one.
But it was like one of those calls of nature that I couldn’t hold back anymore.
Oops. Two “to”s is too many.
«Flexibility» is our watchword ; things move more quickly these days….
Henri