Sometimes, you gotta look at alternative media sources to find missing pieces of the puzzle... This brings us to the real threat that the rise of ISIS – and Iran – in Iraq poses to the US. That threat is blowback. Both Iran and al-Qaida are sworn enemies of the United States, and both have been empowered by events of the past week. Because they view the US as their mortal foe, their empowerment poses a danger to the US. But it is hard for people to recognize how events in distant lands can directly impact their lives. In March 2001, when the Taliban blew up the Bamiyan Buddha statues in Afghanistan, the world condemned the act. But no one realized that the same destruction would be brought to the US six months later when al-Qaida destroyed the World Trade Center and attacked the Pentagon. The September 11 attacks were the blowback from the US doing nothing to contain the Taliban and al-Qaida. What will happen if the U.S does nothing to contain ISIS this time?
Posted on: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 04:46:07 +0000
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