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7 Things I Learned Reading Every Issue Of ISIS's Magazine
« on: November 23, 2015, 02:19:57 pm »
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Sun Tzu, generally considered a reliable source on Good War Ideas, said something along the lines of, "You've got to know your enemy in order to beat him, because some dudes hate being kicked in the junk and others seem to enjoy it." The difficulty we've had defeating ISIS suggests that, maybe, we don't really understand who and what the bleep they are. Everything we hear is filtered through politicians and pundits, each with their own agenda ("You know what ISIS is afraid of? Me, Donald Goddamned Trump!"). Fortunately, it turns out that finding out what ISIS wants is like finding out what a vegan eats: They'll tell you. Which is to say that ISIS has a magazine.

No, really. It's an actual glossy, full-color magazine called Dabiq, complete with feature articles and photo spreads. So, in the interest of understanding just what makes these violent lunatics tick, I read through 700-plus pages of this oddly well-put-together propaganda and learned ...

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Re: 7 Things I Learned Reading Every Issue Of ISIS's Magazine
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2015, 02:51:17 pm »
Well worth the read.

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Re: 7 Things I Learned Reading Every Issue Of ISIS's Magazine
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2015, 05:19:34 pm »
Quote from: EC on November 23, 2015, 02:51:17 pm
Well worth the read. 

Agree!  It takes some time to digest, but it time well spent.

Thanks for posting.
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Re: 7 Things I Learned Reading Every Issue Of ISIS's Magazine
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"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.

"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
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Re: 7 Things I Learned Reading Every Issue Of ISIS's Magazine
« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2015, 06:35:57 pm »
The centerfolds are hawt, too.

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Re: 7 Things I Learned Reading Every Issue Of ISIS's Magazine
« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2015, 06:40:35 pm »
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The warriors of ISIS are proud to be terrorists and proud to be brutal. And learning this has made the Internet crusade to convince people to call them "Daesh" seem extra dumb.

Daesh is an acronym for the original name ISIS fought under before declaring their "caliphate" (a formal religious-led Islamic state) and, so the argument goes, they just hate it when you call them that. But from what I can tell, ISIS doesn't seem to care much about that themselves.
Which, of course, makes John Effin Kerry look even stupider than normal.
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Re: 7 Things I Learned Reading Every Issue Of ISIS's Magazine
« Reply #6 on: November 23, 2015, 08:01:25 pm »
Quote from: mountaineer on November 23, 2015, 06:40:35 pm
Which, of course, makes John Effin Kerry look even stupider than normal.

Sorry but that isn't possible!
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"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
- J. R. R. Tolkien

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Re: 7 Things I Learned Reading Every Issue Of ISIS's Magazine
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"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.

"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
- J. R. R. Tolkien
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