Yes, the Land of Israel has been around since biblical times. Check out the OT.Israel is part of Levant so I don't get your point.How so?Why does Obama call ISIS, ISIL?I think the only question is if Obama intends to try to depose Assad at the same time as he deals with IS. His last attempt at threatening Assad didn't turn out so well.
It's code, designed to be understood by terrorists which is a word he won't use.
And the term 'Levant' blots out the existence of Israel.
Rather than use the acronym ISIS, the anti-Israel President makes certain that he uses ISIL.
"The whole acronym debate comes because we’re trying represent what is really an Arabic set of terms,” said Mark Berkson, a professor of religion at Hamline University.
The Arabic term is Al-Dawla Al-Islamiya fi al-Iraq wa al-Sham. Al-Dawla means state, Al-Islamiya means Islamic and al-Iraq means Iraq.
“The question is: What is that last part? What does al-Sham stand for?” Berkson said.
The ISIS camp thinks it’s Syria or greater Syria while the ISIL camp says it refers to the Levant, a larger geographic area that includes Syria, Israel, the Palestinian territories, Jordan and into parts of Turkey.
Early on, ISIS was the preferred term, but as the group has widened its threat, some have argued ISIL is a better representation of the terrorist group’s aspirations to take over the entire Muslim world."
Good Question Is It ISIS ISIL Or The Islamic State CBS Minnesota
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia:
Levant
Historical name for the countries along the shores of the eastern Mediterranean Sea. It was applied to the coastlands of Anatolia and Syria, sometimes extending from Greece to Egypt. The term was often associated with Venetian trading ventures. It was also used as a synonym for the Middle or Near East. In the 16th17th centuries the term High Levant referred to the Far East (East Asia). The name Levant States was given to the French mandate of Syria and Lebanon after World War I (191418).
Levant Definition from Answers.com
As this President has no affinity for Israel....such as he clearly does for the Muslim Brotherhood and its associations, he prefers the term which obviates Israel.
Israel existed in the 16th and 17th centuries?
Who knew?
And
The Levant is a geographical term that refers to a large area in Southwest Asia, south of theTaurus Mountains, bounded by theMediterranean Sea in the west, the Arabian Desert in the south, and Mesopotamia in the east. It stretches 400 miles north to south from the Taurus Mountains to the Sinai desert, and 70 to 100 miles east to west between the sea and the Arabian desert.[1] The term is also sometimes used to refer to modern events or states in the region immediately bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea: Cyprus,Palestinian territories, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, and Syria.
Wikipedia is your friend.
Actually.....logic is not your friend.
Too bad, huh?
Your attempt to shield the oaf in the White House is diaphanous at best. I'm trying to be kind to you.
In fact, there is a certain similarity between your attempt and this:
OBAMA: ISLAMIC STATE 'IS NOT ISLAMIC'
You loonies have a lot in common.