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kentuck

(111,102 posts)
Mon Nov 23, 2015, 01:52 PM Nov 2015

Reading between the lines...

A couple of weeks ago, Netanyahu and Obama had a conciliatory meeting at the White House. This was before the recent flurry of terrorist acts. Perhaps they had some intelligence that something was about to happen and they did not want anyone, especially terrorists, to think that they could attack Israel because of the division between the two leaders. The meeting was to show solidarity between Israel and USA, not friendship between the two leaders.

Also, it was noteworthy that the French raided more than 400 homes in the two days after the attack in Paris. One would have to conclude that they had a lot of information before the attack in order to crack down in such a widespread manner? The French knew that a lot of their citizens had gone to Syria to join ISIS. Much like the Bush Administration before the attack on 9/11, they chose to overlook a lot of information and they paid a huge price for it.

Finally. the very fact that ISIS has chosen to attack targets in Europe is an indication that they are desperate and are losing ground in Syria and Iraq. The ISIS enemy will slowly transform into another enemy as they become weaker in Syria and Iraq. The true enemies of freedom will use fear to further their agenda of power and control over the people of Europe.

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