The shooter who assassinated the Russian envoy to Turkey, Andrey G. Karlov, is “described by Turkish officials as a 22-year-old off-duty police officer.”
Off duty or on duty, does the security detail of President-elect Donald Trump include Muslims who may be similarly “awakened”? These budding Jihadis are being flooded with images of Syrians dying in a civil war between the American-backed ISIS rebels, as against Bashar Assad and Vladimir Putin. Eric Margolis:
[T]he US has long aided ISIS and still sees it as a potent weapon against the Assad government. Why else would it take the US and its Arab and Kurdish foot soldiers so long to move against ISIS strongholds at Raqqa and Mosul– which are, as this writer knows, only a taxi-ride away? ISIS is a rag-tag bunch of 20-something amateur Rambos, not the Wehrmacht.
One likely answer is that imperial Washington is totally confused over whom to support and how to do it. The bewildering fracas between Sunnis, Shia, Kurds, Arabs, Yazidis, assorted Christians, ISIS wildmen, egged on the US, Israel, Turkey, Russia, France, Britain, Lebanon, Jordan, the oil Arabs is just too much for Washington’s ill-educated, or often downright dim policy makers. …
Backing ISIS.
American political & #FakeNews establishment backs #ISIS rebels in Syria against #Assad & #Putin. America 1st? https://t.co/o37cNWho8t
— Ilana Mercer (@IlanaMercer) December 20, 2016
Who's winning? #Islam Against The West: This image should make a #Time Magazine cover: https://t.co/PAUAzXkopt
— Ilana Mercer (@IlanaMercer) December 20, 2016
Be careful.
#PresidentElectTrump: Open-air rallies? Be CAREFUL! They still plan on unseating you. https://t.co/cw768xthd0 &… https://t.co/TmJ30lyNPm
— Ilana Mercer (@IlanaMercer) December 17, 2016
Who's winning? #Islam Against The West: This image should make a #Time Magazine cover: https://t.co/PAUAzXkopt
— Ilana Mercer (@IlanaMercer) December 20, 2016
Homeland Security analyst accused of plotting attack on agency, busted with weapons https://t.co/fP1XyPHu4f pic.twitter.com/slNUwSI03o
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) June 22, 2016
No place for Prince of Peace.
The #PrinceOfPeace will be celebrated again in peace once #Islam 'out-migrates' from West. @diana_west_ . https://t.co/ZjUqrEkLlv
— Ilana Mercer (@IlanaMercer) December 19, 2016
BHO goes a golfing:
Infidels die in #BerlinTruckAttack and #Turkey, #BarackHusseinObama heads for the golf course. https://t.co/G8UMdrvIb7
— Ilana Mercer (@IlanaMercer) December 19, 2016
Merkel must go.
Condolences to my friends @Junge_Freiheit & to all Berliners who love their country & countrymen. #Merkel doesn't. https://t.co/8eZ4qsQE10
— Ilana Mercer (@IlanaMercer) December 19, 2016
Be a good dhimmi:
#Berlin Polizei: 'stay at home & spread no rumors' after truck attacker kills 9 (other than #AngelaMerkel must… https://t.co/PjzXrQdV3J
— Ilana Mercer (@IlanaMercer) December 19, 2016
Fake News?
The media's unverified news about Russian atrocities in #Aleppo radicalized the #TurkishShooter. https://t.co/QUL1WIRCkd
— Ilana Mercer (@IlanaMercer) December 20, 2016