Islamic state

False Solutions: the Islamic State, the Kurds and Generational War

Some historians see the period between 1914 and 1945 as the replication of another Thirty Years War. There was the illusion of peace between 1919 and 1939 – the failed efforts of the League of Nations (that failure is still misunderstood), attempts to outlaw war and attempts to construct a viable international system controlled by mild dispute resolution. But the war system was simply too alluring as a means of redressing grievances. The seeds sown in the trenches of the First World War flowered in toxic blooms for the Second.

Jihadists in Lebanon

Image above: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the self-claimed “Islamic State”, made his first public appearance at a mosque in Iraq’s Mosul city, according to a video clip posted on the Internet Saturday. 

 

Defense Secretary Chuck. Hagel put it. “Make no mistake—and this country should not make any mistake on this, nor anyone in Congress—this is a threat to our country,” Hagel said. “This is a force that is sophisticated, it’s dynamic, it’s strong, it’s organized, it’s well-financed, it’s competent.”

 
 

Syrian Catholic Archbishop: Western Leaders are Screwing all Syrians by Supporting Terrorists [VIDEO]

This is an excerpt from an interview with the Archbishop of Hassakeh-Nisibi for the Syriac Catholics, Jacques Behnan Hindo, where he expresses his anger at Western foreign policy that has been actively backing hardline Wahhabi terrorists to topple the Syrian government while causing all Syrians to suffer as a result.
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Source KTO