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2014-09-05 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

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Posted by trailing wife 2014-09-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top
File under: Islamic State

#1 The immediate danger to Israel from ISIS is that the attention in Israel and in the world would be diverted from the Iranian nuclear program

Cui bono?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-09-05 03:23|| 2014-09-05 03:23|| Front Page Top

#2 "Existential" is one of those words the press loves to overuse to the point where it has little meaning. It adds nothing to the word threat.

It is doubtful ISIS would survive in a direct confrontation with Israel. However, it is more likely they would infiltrate across borders and cause trouble such as suicide bombings and the shooting of citizens. More like the Mumbai attacks.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-09-05 09:41|| 2014-09-05 09:41|| Front Page Top

#3 Existential threat = Forced to read French Naturalism.

Posted by Shipman 2014-09-05 10:26|| 2014-09-05 10:26|| Front Page Top

#4 hundreds of kilometers away

Two words: Golan Heights -Is not hundreds of kilometers away. An errant mortar has already maimed an Israeli civilian and have been prevented from farming their fields along the border.

Jihadies aren't existential threat to UN Peace Keepers either.

Posted by mossomo 2014-09-05 14:40|| 2014-09-05 14:40|| Front Page Top

#5 Anyone heard anything about the Fijians?

Posted by Grunter 2014-09-05 18:29|| 2014-09-05 18:29|| Front Page Top

#6 ....last time I checked they were still being threatened with ~~death~~ existentialism.

Posted by Secret Master 2014-09-05 19:47|| 2014-09-05 19:47|| Front Page Top

#7 That only leaves the ISIS' arch-rival widin Al-Qaeda, i.e. the AL-NUSRA BOYZ.

* IIRC GUAMPDN > [Golan Heights area = Al-Nusra] AL-QAIDA FIGHTERS ON THE BORDER WITH ISRAEL.

versus

* FREEREPUBLIC [Business Insider] KERRY: WE WILL DEFEAT ISIS IN [1-3] THREE YEARS.

"WILL" also read "MIGHT".

Posted by JosephMendiola 2014-09-05 19:50|| 2014-09-05 19:50|| Front Page Top

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