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To: Sam who wrote (283184)	11/17/2015 7:21:12 PM
From: koan	Respond to of 541851

<< He didn't "drive them to ISIS," Koan. They are ISIS. The heart of ISIS is composed of members of Saddam's army and bureaucracy. Apparently, they became "radicalized" while in prison, got tired of Maliki's and Shia vengeance, and they rebelled. >. He drove them to Isis by disbanding the army and putting the Shia in charge and the Sunnie at the mercy of the Shia, who had little of that. You know the Shia had death squads killing thousands of Sunnie. That is why the surge worked to the degree it did. The Sunnie were forced to come to us for protection. It has nothing to do with that asshole Petraeus.