{"id":12191,"date":"2015-09-12T18:19:57","date_gmt":"2015-09-12T23:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=12191"},"modified":"2015-09-12T18:19:57","modified_gmt":"2015-09-12T23:19:57","slug":"unmasking-isis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=12191","title":{"rendered":"Unmasking ISIS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2015\/09\/unmasking-isis.html\" target=\"_blank\">Unmasking ISIS<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Asshole-Terrorist-DAP1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-49744\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Asshole-Terrorist-DAP1-1024x569.jpg\" alt=\"Asshole Terrorist - DAP\" width=\"790\" height=\"439.4375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>INTRODUCTION<\/p>\n<p>Where did ISIS come from? How was it able to gain land, arms and money so quickly?<\/p>\n<p>This book will answer those questions \u2026 and unmask ISIS.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Part 1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2015\/09\/unmasking-isis.html#1\">Part 1<\/a>\u00a0shows that the U.S. \u2013 through bad policies and stupid choices \u2013 is largely responsible for the rise of ISIS.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Part 2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2015\/09\/unmasking-isis.html#2\">Part 2<\/a>\u00a0reveals the strange history of the leaders of ISIS \u2026 Including one who never really existed, and another who \u2013 if you read mainstream media drivel \u2013 was killed \u2026 then arrested \u2026 and then killed<em>again<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Part 3\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2015\/09\/unmasking-isis.html#3\">Part 3<\/a>\u00a0delves into the little-known, secret history of Iraq and Syria \u2026 and discusses the\u00a0<em>real<\/em>motivations behind our current policies towards those countries.<\/p>\n<p>And\u00a0<a title=\"Part 4\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2015\/09\/unmasking-isis.html#4\">Part 4<\/a>\u00a0reveals the shocking truth about who is really supporting\u00a0 ISIS.<\/p>\n<p>So grab a cup of coffee, and prepare to learn the\u00a0<em>real<\/em>\u00a0story.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"1\"><\/a>PART 1: OOPS \u2026 WE CREATED A MONSTER<\/p>\n<p>President Barack Obama noted in an interview in March 2015:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>ISIL [also known as ISIS] is a direct outgrowth of Al-Qaeda in Iraq that grew out of our invasion. Which is an example of unintended consequences. Which is why we should generally aim before we shoot.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2a01Rg2g2Z8?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;start=745&amp;end=761&amp;wmode=transparent\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s correct.\u00a0 After all:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ISIS leaders\u00a0<a title=\"themselves credit\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2014\/08\/isis-terrorists-credit-iraq-war-success.html\"><em>themselves<\/em>\u00a0credit<\/a>\u00a0the Iraq war for their success<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The New Yorker\u00a0<a title=\"reports\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2014\/09\/29\/fight-lives?utm_source=tny&amp;utm_campaign=generalsocial&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;mbid=social_twitter\" target=\"_blank\">reports<\/a>:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><small><\/small>ISIS is run by a council of former Iraqi generals \u2026. Many are members of Saddam Hussein\u2019s secular Baath Party who converted to radical Islam in American prisons.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Torture of Iraqis by Americans\u00a0<a title=\"How U.S. Torture Led to the Rise of ISIS \u2192\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2014\/12\/u-s-torture-program-created-isis.html\" rel=\"next\">led to the rise of ISIS<\/a>\u00a0\u2026 and America\u2019s\u00a0<a title=\"Guantanamo Inspires ISIS Atrocities \u2192\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2015\/02\/guantanamo-inspires-isis-atrocities.html\" rel=\"next\">Guantanamo prison inspired ISIS atrocities<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Al Qaeda\u00a0<a title=\"Al Qaeda wasn\u2019t even in Iraq\" href=\"http:\/\/crooksandliars.com\/cernig\/bush-admits-al-qaeda-wasnt-iraq-invasion-so\" target=\"_blank\"><em>wasn\u2019t<\/em>\u00a0even\u00a0<strong><em>in<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Iraq<\/a>\u00a0until the U.S. invaded that country, as\u00a0<a title=\"admitted\" href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/BushLegacy\/story?id=6460837&amp;page=1&amp;singlePage=true\" target=\"_blank\">admitted<\/a>\u00a0by President George W. Bush to ABC News in 2008:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>Bush: One of the major theaters against al Qaeda turns out to have been Iraq. This is where al Qaeda said they were going to take their stand. This is where al Qaeda was hoping to take \u2026<\/p>\n<p>ABC News Interviewer:\u00a0<strong>But not until after the U.S. invaded.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bush: Yeah,<strong>\u00a0that\u2019s right<\/strong>. So what?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unmasking ISIS INTRODUCTION Where did ISIS come from? How was it able to gain land, arms and money so quickly? This book will answer those questions \u2026 and unmask ISIS. Part 1\u00a0shows that the U.S. \u2013 through bad policies and stupid choices \u2013 is largely responsible for the rise of ISIS. Part 2\u00a0reveals the strange [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[23,3306,3250,442,6763,1239,446,447,776,792,793,827,834,1174,862,5510],"class_list":["post-12191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geopolitics","tag-al-qaeda","tag-barack-obama","tag-george-w-bush","tag-iraq","tag-iraq-war","tag-is","tag-isis","tag-islamic-state","tag-syria","tag-terror","tag-terrorism","tag-united-states","tag-us","tag-us-foreign-policy","tag-war","tag-washingtons-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12191"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12192,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12191\/revisions\/12192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}