HAHAHA!!! republicans...you can't make this stuff up.

[SneekyNinja]

Well if they can prove 0% of their population has supported ISIL then sure. Otherwise...

"The term is also occasionally employed to refer to modern events, peoples, states or parts of states in the same region, namely Cyprus, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, and Turkey are sometimes considered Levant countries"

Even then they are part of the same region............No Way Around it.

We know where this kind of thinking comes from though.

Obama Says "ISIL" to Insult Israel - The Rush Limbaugh Show

‘Levant’ is a creaky and colonial term for the Eastern Mediterranean, which the Oxford Encyclopedia tells us includes “Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, and part of southern Turkey.”

http://www.haaretz.com/blogs/routine-emergencies/1.615126?v=F4613B955194656C058C14872754C5DA

From an Israeli Newspaper.

 

[Uberknot]

‘Levant’ is a creaky and colonial term for the Eastern Mediterranean, which the Oxford Encyclopedia tells us includes “Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, and part of southern Turkey.”

http://www.haaretz.com/blogs/routine-emergencies/1.615126?v=F4613B955194656C058C14872754C5DA

From an Israeli Newspaper.

The thing is they are not the end all be all for definitions......Sorry Israel you are part of the term Levant in that region whether you want to be or not.

The fact they have some of their own joining ISIL and have helped groups of ISIL with fighting, support, etc. kind of makes the whole argument moot.

I realize this is to keep them away from Israel's interests as part of an agreement and a tactical move.

 

[SneekyNinja]

The thing is they are not the end all be all for definitions......Sorry Israel you are part of the term Levant in that region whether you want to be or not.

The fact they have some of their own joining ISIL and have helped groups of ISIL with fighting, support, etc. kind of makes the whole argument moot.

I realize this is to keep them away from Israel's interests as part of an agreement and a tactical move.

You realise the President and Administration are the only Govt worldwide to call them ISIL?

Most just say IS because adding any letters at the end semi-recognises their territory.

However saying Levant is still inaccurate because Iraq is not in the Levant.

 

[Unclebaldrick]

 

[SneekyNinja]

It rained for a few mins today...

Thanks Obama.

 

[Unclebaldrick]

It rained for a few mins today...

Thanks Obama.

Who is paying for this!?

 

[SneekyNinja]

Who is paying for this!?

Yeah, cos Kylie Jenner "works"...

Chemtrail people are retards.

 

[Unclebaldrick]

Yeah, cos Kylie Jenner "works"...

Chemtrail people are retards.

 

[Unclebaldrick]

Well if they can prove 0% of their population has supported ISIL then sure. Otherwise...

"The term is also occasionally employed to refer to modern events, peoples, states or parts of states in the same region, namely Cyprus, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, and Turkey are sometimes considered Levant countries"

Even then they are part of the same region............No Way Around it.

We know where this kind of thinking comes from though.

Obama Says "ISIL" to Insult Israel - The Rush Limbaugh Show

 

[see4]

It's ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria), ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) is offensive to Israel.

No, schuylaar is right, it's ISIL.

 

[see4]

I literally L O L'd.

 

[Unclebaldrick]

No, schuylaar is right, it's ISIL.

He was sarcastically quoting Rush.

Rush knows shit.

 

[see4]

Oh, my bad then. Didn't realize he was using sarcasm.

RUSH CRUZ 2020!!

 

[Olive Drab Green]

You realise the President and Administration are the only Govt worldwide to call them ISIL?

Most just say IS because adding any letters at the end semi-recognises their territory.

However saying Levant is still inaccurate because Iraq is not in the Levant.

Syria is in the Levant. "Islamic State of Iraq & Syria/The Levant."

 

[SneekyNinja]

Syria is the Levant. "Islamic State of Iraq & Syria/The Levant."

In reality this whole argument is silly anyway, you can't take a name that's in durka-durkabic, translate it to English and then abbreviate it.

But only our leadership calls them ISIL, noone else does.

 

[Olive Drab Green]

In reality this whole argument is silly anyway, you can't take a name that's in durka-durkabic, translate it to English and then abbreviate it.

But only our leadership calls them ISIL, noone else does.

Want to just called them Daesh? That's their Arabic nickname. Doesn't really matter.

 

[see4]

Can we call it, "Le-Head-de-Towel"?

 

[Unclebaldrick]

I still say that last week's NYT magazine article on the fractured region should not be missed.

 

[Olive Drab Green]

I still say that last week's NYT magazine article on the fractured region should not be missed.

You should start, like.. A TnT Magazine.

 

[SneekyNinja]

Want to just called them Daesh? That's their Arabic nickname. Doesn't really matter.

I personally like to call them pathetic medieval scum who use Islam to justify their bullshit...

But Im flexible