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Why are the Syria and Iraq wars viewed differently among Democrats?
Currently, the Iraq war seems to be viewed very negatively by the US "establishment" of the Democratic Party—for example, in both the 2016 and 2020 primaries, people have been attacked for past ...
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How many non-combatants have been killed by the Islamic State?
Since IS was formed (including the time it was knows as ISIS), how many non-combatants were killed by IS-affiliated forces or individuals?
I'm interested in the ballpark figure, not splitting hairs ...
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What exactly differentiates Ba'athism?
Wikipedia defines Ba'athism as such:
An Arab nationalist ideology that promotes the development and
creation of a unified Arab state through the leadership of a vanguard
party over a ...
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Why was Saddam Hussein captured but Assad is still spared by America?
There were 2 major reasons for capturing Saddam:
Possessing WMDs (Never proved completely)
Killing Shias by Chemical
Weapons
In the neighbourhood of same Iraq, Bashar Al Assad has been doing ...
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What are the potential benefits of a successfully implemented Islamic State? [closed]
Hypothetically, what positive aspects could come out of the next 50 years of Middle Eastern-US policy if ISIS is successfully able to create and defend territory between Iraq and Syria?
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Are oil fields controlled by ISIS being targeted by US or any other forces?
I've read (on the telegraph website) that ISIS receives £1.8m per day from their oil fields. It seems by targeting the oil fields, ISIS would lose that income.
Are these oil fields being targeted?
If ...
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What are the (good) arguments in favour of ISIS?
Every dispute has two sides and it has been really hard to analyze the questions involving ISIS with the information we get by the media in the west. I am quite sure there some good arguments in favor ...
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Why don't other nations take action against Islamic State?
Islamic State is clearly a threat to pretty much everyone. They use shock tactics that enrage the citizens of many nations, they've attacked Syria and Iraq, and butchered many in those countries, ...
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What enables ~30k ISIS fighters to compete with ~190k peshmerga, & others?
I was reading this article which includes the following estimates for the numbers of fighters involved in ISIS-related regions:
Between 7,000 and 30,000 ISIS fighters. Mixed levels of training and ...
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Why is US supporting ISIS in Syria while opposing it in Iraq?
US is supporting the rebels in Syria who are trying to bring down Assad's govt. ISIS is one of the rebels. So directly or indirectly, US is supporting ISIS in Syria.
But the same US is opposing the ...
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