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Is the Barbarity of ISIS Another Attempt to Ensnare the US in the Middle East?
Reader comment on item: Turkish Support for ISIS
Submitted by John Craig (Australia), Jun 23, 2014 at 21:12
Some reasons to wonder whether what is happening in Iraq might usefully be viewed in a larger context are outlined in Is the Barbarity of ISIS Another Attempt to Ensnare the US in the Middle East?
ISIS may have allies who are not obvious - but are positioning to gain from anything that disrupts the post-WW2 liberal international order that the US has championed.
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| When all is said and done, Islamists will support Islamists irrespective of the truth or merits [101 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Prashant | Jan 15, 2019 16:58 | 247164 | ||
| 3 | Islamic state is a Trojan Horse [225 words] | blueshoes | Feb 15, 2015 10:25 | 221079 | |
| Turkeys involvement in war with ISIL [101 words] | Mohammed Hossain Bhuyan | Oct 9, 2014 04:50 | 218586 | ||
| Turkey at War in Syria/Iraq: Who Will Protect Kurds? [2 words] | Mark Werfel | Oct 3, 2014 04:32 | 218417 | ||
| ... wrong information [20 words] | Ekme | Sep 30, 2014 08:11 | 218330 | ||
 Interesting comment. [16 words] | Mark Werfel | Oct 7, 2014 21:41 | 218330 | ||
| 2 | may be more stealing from the people of the book [82 words] | Michael Hanni Morcos | Aug 24, 2014 15:56 | 217370 | |
| 1 | Don't worry Daniel Pipes - ISIS, now IS, is just a big Amercan Plot (says Iran) [64 words] | Ludvikus | Jul 19, 2014 13:59 | 216200 | |
| 2 | The Sharia Shia Alternative [34 words] | Ludvikus | Jul 19, 2014 12:33 | 216197 | |
| 3 | It is at least shameful [139 words] | Alexandros | Jun 29, 2014 03:35 | 215645 | |
| 7 | The black flag of ISIS says that Allah is the prophet of Muhammad! [62 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | dhimmi no more | Jun 27, 2014 14:20 | 215619 | |
| Allah (is) rasul Muhammad? [118 words] | dhimmi no more | Jun 28, 2014 06:43 | 215619 | ||
| 9 | Allah (is) rasul Muhammad? more information [375 words] | dhimmi no more | Jun 28, 2014 07:39 | 215619 | |
| 3 | Muhammad's ring and what a disaster [481 words] | dhimmi no more | Jun 29, 2014 06:56 | 215619 | |
| 1 | It seems that members of the terrorist group ISIS are changing the words from Allah (is) the prophet of Muhammad to Allah Muhammad (is) prophet! [147 words] | dhimmi no more | Jul 26, 2014 17:03 | 215619 | |
| 1 | Isis flag [39 words] | Hossam | Aug 12, 2014 22:50 | 215619 | |
| 1 | Isis is WRONG [38 words] | Bailey | Aug 14, 2014 21:13 | 215619 | |
| 1 | Allah (is) rasul Muhammad? [38 words] | dhimmi no more | Aug 15, 2014 07:10 | 215619 | |
| 2 | ISIS' flag and Allah is the prophet of Muhammad [82 words] | dhimmi no more | Aug 15, 2014 07:14 | 215619 | |
| ISIS flag [17 words] | Diana | Sep 1, 2014 18:57 | 215619 | ||
| ISIS flag [16 words] | Diana | Sep 1, 2014 19:03 | 215619 | ||
| The Black Horse [55 words] | Mark | Sep 3, 2014 05:20 | 215619 | ||
| 1 | Allah (is) rasul Muhammad? [134 words] | dhimmi no more | Sep 3, 2014 20:00 | 215619 | |
| ISIS flag [17 words] | Lakkagroup | Sep 9, 2014 03:00 | 215619 | ||
| Be carfule [25 words] | muslim | Sep 12, 2014 13:41 | 215619 | ||
| turkish support for isis [61 words] | maty | Sep 12, 2014 13:41 | 215619 | ||
| Allah (is) rasul Muhammad? [52 words] | dhimmi no more | Sep 14, 2014 06:52 | 215619 | ||
| What a disaster Allah is the rasul of Muhammad [264 words] | dhimmi no more | Sep 14, 2014 07:10 | 215619 | ||
| 1 | Learn to read [48 words] | Muslim who can actually read Arabic | Oct 3, 2014 00:24 | 215619 | |
| ISIS FLAG [62 words] | steve | Oct 4, 2014 19:42 | 215619 | ||
| 1 | Allah is the rasul of Muhammad [85 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 8, 2014 07:07 | 215619 | |
| 1 | There is no such thing in Arabic called الله رسول المحمد ! You need to stick to Urdu [179 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 8, 2014 16:34 | 215619 | |
| meaning [17 words] | imran | Jan 26, 2015 16:47 | 215619 | ||
| Our dear Imran needs to stick to Urdu [92 words] | dhimmi no more | Jan 27, 2015 08:08 | 215619 | ||
| error [107 words] | moi | Jul 7, 2015 08:56 | 215619 | ||
| 1 | Allah Rasul Muhammad on the flag of Da'ish means Allah (is the) messenger (of) Muhammad [492 words] | dhimmi no more | Jul 9, 2015 18:11 | 215619 | |
| Allah the prophet? [17 words] | Concerned | Sep 30, 2015 23:13 | 215619 | ||
| 1 | Drivel [55 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 6, 2015 07:46 | 215619 | |
| 2 | Mince & Conquer - by Caroline B. Glick [94 words] | Ludvikus | Jun 26, 2014 08:45 | 215607 | |
| Imperial Ambitions in the Middle East [320 words] | Michael S. | Jul 3, 2014 15:30 | 215607 | ||
| 1 | Controlling the Crossroads of the World [388 words] | Michael S. | Jul 3, 2014 16:41 | 215607 | |
| Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum [255 words] | Michael S | Jun 24, 2014 15:04 | 215583 | ||
| 3 | Instability in the islamic world is very good [268 words] | albert snow | Jun 24, 2014 06:25 | 215577 | |
| Instabilty and mini states [8 words] | sara | Jun 24, 2014 20:41 | 215577 | ||
| Had America listened [69 words] | Moe | Jun 30, 2014 13:26 | 215577 | ||
| 4 | Viva Kurdistan - Kurds Sell Oil to Israel [162 words] | Ludvikus | Jun 23, 2014 23:11 | 215574 | |
| 4 | Borders will change [54 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Gary Clarke | Jun 23, 2014 23:01 | 215573 | |
| 1 | Annexing the "Territories" is not "Expanding" [477 words] | Michael S | Jul 5, 2014 16:24 | 215573 | |
 Is the Barbarity of ISIS Another Attempt to Ensnare the US in the Middle East? [64 words] | John Craig | Jun 23, 2014 21:12 | 215571 | ||
| The real reason: We're all barking mad [246 words] | Michael S. | Oct 14, 2014 07:29 | 215571 | ||
| 2 | Iranian Opposition to ISIS [124 words] | Ludvikus | Jun 23, 2014 10:02 | 215563 | |
| NOT Turkey Erdoğan and AKP support for ISIS Islamist terrorists [14 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Halit isci | Jun 22, 2014 13:21 | 215555 | ||
| Self-destruction of Islamism is coming? [50 words] | PermReader | Jun 21, 2014 13:15 | 215543 | ||
| 2 | Will Islamism self destroy? [168 words] | dhimmi no more | Jun 22, 2014 09:12 | 215543 | |
| 3 | Mr Obama and NPR and the BBC and the word Jihadis [128 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | dhimmi no more | Jun 21, 2014 12:33 | 215541 | |
| Lessons of history not learned [161 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Paul Pearce | Jun 21, 2014 11:02 | 215539 | ||
| One exception Dr. Pipes! [16 words] | PezDispenser | Jun 22, 2014 17:12 | 215539 | ||
| 1 | Dictators [176 words] | Sigmund Derman | Jun 23, 2014 17:06 | 215539 | |
| The People's support for dictators vs Muslim Brotherhood [51 words] | sara | Jun 23, 2014 21:31 | 215539 | ||
| Dictators and pocketbook issues [78 words] | Sigmund | Jun 27, 2014 16:25 | 215539 | ||
| 1 | Idealism vs other isms [155 words] | sara | Jun 27, 2014 21:27 | 215539 | |
| 5 | Sufis join with ISIS [142 words] | Frank Livingston | Jun 21, 2014 09:55 | 215537 | |
| 2 | Sufis joined ISIS/ISIL because they are also jihadis [149 words] | dhimmi no more | Jun 22, 2014 07:30 | 215537 | |
| shias started trouble [19 words] | Santiago Robledo | Sep 28, 2014 16:16 | 215537 | ||
| Sufis are enemies of the Wahhabis [57 words] | Nasrullah Abdulaziz | Nov 5, 2014 01:52 | 215537 | ||
| Al-Khidr [10 words] | Noon | Nov 24, 2015 17:45 | 215537 | ||
| ISIS [20 words] | Gerry | Jun 20, 2014 22:40 | 215532 | ||
| 1 | De import moslims [862 words] | VICTOR LEMAN | Jun 20, 2014 05:32 | 215521 | |
| 1 | Liberale jihad bestaat niet, Islam zonder Jihad bestaat niet!!, liberale moskee is ondenkbaar! [1780 words] | V. Leman | Aug 12, 2014 06:13 | 215521 | |
| TALIBAN, ISIS, AL-QAIDA, HAMAS, AL-NUSRA [784 words] | V. Leman | Sep 11, 2014 09:59 | 215521 | ||
| Turkije lid bij EU! Schandelijk...! [1065 words] | florac | Feb 19, 2016 05:14 | 215521 | ||
| MIGRANTEN KOMEN ALS VIJAND BINNEN! [1383 words] | florac | Mar 21, 2016 10:37 | 215521 | ||
| Lessons learned from ISIS and Turkish actions [80 words] | Admiral Peter Kikareas | Jun 19, 2014 09:16 | 215509 | ||
| Also, Turkey's involvement in sending Sunni jihadists via IHH flotilla to Gaza [52 words] | אבזם | Jun 19, 2014 04:27 | 215502 | ||
| Saudi Involvement? [101 words] | LindaK | Jun 19, 2014 02:15 | 215500 | ||
| Iraq Government [32 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Jake | Jun 19, 2014 00:15 | 215496 | ||
| 1 | Variations on the "Biden Plan" - Partitioning of Iraq into Three Regions [157 words] | Ludvikus | Jun 18, 2014 18:59 | 215491 | |
| Iran and ISIS [37 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | David | Jun 18, 2014 18:34 | 215490 | ||
| 3 | Erdo, ISIS and Kurds. [41 words] | steven L | Jun 18, 2014 17:10 | 215487 | |
| ISIS and TURKEY CONNECTION [44 words] | Lujack Skylark | Jun 18, 2014 16:15 | 215485 | ||
| 1 | Concretized idiocy [178 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Doug Mayfield | Jun 18, 2014 15:35 | 215483 | |
| 1 | doug mayfield forgets his history [191 words] | lippy | Jun 19, 2014 11:50 | 215483 | |
| Bush certainly deserves blame [70 words] | Doug Mayfield | Jun 20, 2014 22:12 | 215483 | ||
| An enemy of our enemies is not our friend [65 words] | Doug Mayfield | Jun 21, 2014 12:43 | 215483 | ||
| 4 | Support: Not Turkey, Not Iran, But Kurdistan [244 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Ludvikus | Jun 18, 2014 14:34 | 215480 | |
| Further information on Syria and Turkey [109 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Ian56 | Jun 18, 2014 10:27 | 215474 | ||
| Turkish Support for Isis, and the Meltdown. [118 words] | Anne | Jun 18, 2014 09:01 | 215467 | ||
| But not to worry, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee uses your donations to aid turkey. [17 words] | Paul | Jun 18, 2014 07:54 | 215466 | ||
| 2 | Turkey should be ready and re-visiting the Middle East in the 7th century [144 words] | dhimmi no more | Jun 18, 2014 06:32 | 215463 | |
| 3 | The intellectual Power Vacuum in the West [282 words] | Ron Thompson | Jun 18, 2014 05:14 | 215460 |
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