Why does Obama use the term ISIL instead of ISIS

[SixFoot]

Semantics. Nothing more.

 

[Sallow]

I thought they referred to themselves just as IS now .... Islamic State. ??

Either way, obutthead refuses to call them what they are ... islamic extremists. I've never heard him utter that.

Well, maybe he hasn't coddled the right wing with words that they needed to hear, (since they prefer spoiled lazy cowboys from Texas as POTUS).

Instead he's just hit the fuckers with 110 airstrikes as of August 29.

Does that help your wittle feewings feel aw bettuw?

No.

You see congress back in session yet?

 

[Pop23]

They started out as ISIS (Iraq / Syria) and have now expanded their stated agenda into including the Levant. ...

They are still ISIS not ISIL.... Lets keep it accurate shall we?

Let's not quibble. They are what we say they are.

Don't give them any credit they don't deserve

 

[billyerock1991]

I thought they referred to themselves just as IS now .... Islamic State. ??

Either way, obutthead refuses to call them what they are ... islamic extremists. I've never heard him utter that.

so I guess we call the tea bagers tea party thats what they called themselves now ... before they realized what tea bagging was so I guess with your mentalityTea bagger it is ...

 

[Zoom-boing]

I thought they referred to themselves just as IS now .... Islamic State. ??

Either way, obutthead refuses to call them what they are ... islamic extremists. I've never heard him utter that.

so I guess we call the tea bagers tea party thats what they called themselves now ... before they realized what tea bagging was so I guess with your mentalityTea bagger it is ...

Thank you for contributing nothing to the discussion.

 

[LoneLaugher]

Including the term "the Levant" is a way of recognizing the fact that the group has designs on a much larger portion of the ME than just Iraq and Syria. This gives more weight to the group as a threat and acknowledges the need for neighboring countries in the region to get their shit together.

 

[B. Kidd]

I thought they referred to themselves just as IS now .... Islamic State. ??

Either way, obutthead refuses to call them what they are ... islamic extremists. I've never heard him utter that.

so I guess we call the tea bagers tea party thats what they called themselves now ... before they realized what tea bagging was so I guess with your mentalityTea bagger it is ...

So sez the resident demonrat.........

 

[Jroc]

Including the term "the Levant" is a way of recognizing the fact that the group has designs on a much larger portion of the ME than just Iraq and Syria. This gives more weight to the group as a threat and acknowledges the need for neighboring countries in the region to get their shit together.

umm... The desire is an islamic Caliphate throughout the entire middle east and beyond not just" the Levant" So why insist on being the only one to use that term? We should have taken care of them when they were killing our people in Benghazi, not waiting for them to develop into what they are now...Obama's pathetic.. Maybe this "Levant" is something he learned while attending his islamic school as a kid

Mr. Obama recalled the opening lines of the Arabic call to prayer, reciting them with a first-rate accent. In a remark that seemed delightfully uncalculated Mr. Obama described the call to prayer as “one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset.”

 

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[konradv]

umm... The desire is an islamic Caliphate throughout the entire middle east and beyond not just" the Levant" So why insist on being the only one to use that term? We should have taken care of them when they were killing our people in Benghazi, not waiting for them to develop into what they are now...Obama's pathetic.. Maybe this "Levant" is something he learned while attending his islamic school as a kid.

Levant is a term of European origin, NOT Islamic.

Levant - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

 

[Sunni Man]

Mr. Obama recalled the opening lines of the Arabic call to prayer, reciting them with a first-rate accent. In a remark that seemed delightfully uncalculated Mr. Obama described the call to prayer as “one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset.”

Yes, the "Adhan", the Islamic call to prayer, is quite beautiful and uplifts the spirit of anyone who hears it. .....

 

[konradv]

Who's bombing the hell out of them right now?

 

[Katzndogz]

We're certainly bombing something. That is if you believe the official reports. If we are bombing something there is no particular damage to speak of. It's almost like the daily reports on the war with Oceania.

 

[AmericanFirst]

Actually, the acronym ISIL is the correct one to describe the group and their goals. .....

Only because it disregard s recognizing Israel, which is exactly why Obama uses the term. And it is NOT the correct term.

 

[konradv]

We're certainly bombing something. That is if you believe the official reports. If we are bombing something there is no particular damage to speak of. It's almost like the daily reports on the war with Oceania.

How did YOU get that info? Sounds like something you made up because you didn't have anything else to say. The killing of three top ISIS members sounds like something to me.

Three ISIS lieutenants killed in US bombing as Cameron vows to bring Jihadi John to justice Mail Online

 

[AmericanFirst]

Actually, the acronym ISIL is the correct one to describe the group and their goals. .....

Evil goals. Eliminate them all.

 

[Kondor3]

Islamic State of Iraq and Levant?

Good.

And here I thought it meant: Islamic State In Louisiana.

 

[blackhawk]

I think the proper way to describe them would be sadistic murdering bastards but doing that might offend them and inspire them to commit acts of violence.

 

[Sunni Man]

Islamic State of Iraq and Levant?

Good.

And here I thought it meant: Islamic State In Louisiana.

That will be a couple of decades down the road. ....