Comments on: ISIS head al-Baghdadi reported killed

By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 28 Oct 2019 23:36:33 +0000

They do, Geoffrey Britain, but currently Egypt does not enforce that sharia provision. Many Muslims I knew in Egypt would not publicly deny sharia provisions, but in their personal lives and interactions with non-Muslims they are considerably nicer than the image drawn by strict sharia. Also, I knew many Muslims who were horrified and distressed by what they saw as trends dragging them backwards into the bad old days.

By: Geoffrey Britain

Geoffrey Britain — Mon, 28 Oct 2019 21:22:23 +0000

“Fortunately, the majority of Muslims in the world do not take these teachings seriously and literally.” Kate

84+% of Egyptians publicly support the death penalty for apostasy…

By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 28 Oct 2019 20:18:11 +0000

Oh, he was a scholar of Qur’an studies, if you want to call that scholarship. The problem with Islam is that it contains teachings which give sociopaths permission, and encouragement, to do the horrible things which Baghdadi and ISIS did. Fortunately, the majority of Muslims in the world do not take these teachings seriously and literally. The risk is that those who do get divine permission to be monsters.

By: JHCorcoran

JHCorcoran — Mon, 28 Oct 2019 19:12:07 +0000

I think the writers at the WaPost define the term ‘Useful Idiots’. None of them have fought a war.
Baghdadi was not a scholar. He used his education as a cover for what he really was; a mass genocidal and religious murderer and rapist. He made Charles Manson look like a Boy Scout.
I always wonder what ‘trip’ a person like him is on when through killing and torture you think you are more powerful. Especially when your victims do not stand a chance of fighting back. The President is correct; he was a coward, loser, and (And I would say) a monster.
His death? It should have happen sooner. Good job Mr. President and the team.

By: CapnRusty

CapnRusty — Mon, 28 Oct 2019 16:50:10 +0000

I think it was a nice touch that they chased Baghdadi down with dogs.

By: Barry Meislin

Barry Meislin — Mon, 28 Oct 2019 15:38:26 +0000

It’s clear that for the first several years of the Syrian Civil War, ISIS was Turkey’s instrument for killing Kurds and making them think twice about working toward a regional coalescence of power, especially on Turkey’s southern border.

This was the case until Erdogan’s obvious support for his ISIS proxy became increasingly untenable as the war against ISIS was stepped up by all the major players.

Hence it became impossible for him to continue his covert support of ISIS, which had to be damped down (at least for appearances’ sake).

But Erdogan has always kept the ISIS card waiting and ready to be played when the time was ripe.

The time has now come to play that card, especially since he believes he can always invoke a “national emergency” and/or “plausible deniability” at having played it.

By: Geoffrey Britain

Geoffrey Britain — Mon, 28 Oct 2019 15:12:17 +0000

In the article Barry M cites: “Given the track record of the Turkish government in aiding the Islamic State, complicity is much more likely than cluelessness. There ought to be a full investigation of Turkey’s involvement, and if the Erdogan regime is definitively found to have been protecting al-Baghdadi, Turkey should be expelled from NATO and the sham alliance with the United States ended.”

I suspect its likely that US intelligence already knew that Turkey was protecting al-Baghdadi. I also suspect that it’s the Pentagon’s arguments against the US ending its ‘alliance’ with Erdogan that Trump finds most persuasive.

By: sdferr

sdferr — Mon, 28 Oct 2019 14:25:02 +0000

Enjoy the view: aerial pic of Baghdadi compound post-raid

By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 28 Oct 2019 00:20:52 +0000

Thanks, Barry Meislin. Robert Spencer is, as usual, probably right. Who knew Baghdadi was there all this time?

By: Barry Meislin

Barry Meislin — Sun, 27 Oct 2019 23:13:05 +0000

“Discuss!”
https://pjmedia.com/homeland-security/the-isis-caliph-is-dead-but-who-was-protecting-him/