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The American Jihadist: Eric Harroun In His Own Words (Original Post) Mosby Jun 2014 OP
Fuck him and all those who support the jihadist...nt Jesus Malverde Jun 2014 #1
Didn't watch it, did you? marble falls Jun 2014 #2
Did you even watch the video? It certainly does not seem like it. n/t xocet Jun 2014 #4
Oi... iamthebandfanman Jun 2014 #8
Are we now going to lionize someone who ended up fighting "accidentally" for Jesus Malverde Jun 2014 #14
Did you ever hear of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade? sulphurdunn Jun 2014 #12
Yes Jesus Malverde Jun 2014 #15
Eric Harroun, sulphurdunn Jun 2014 #18
He needed to say all those things to avoid going to jail for supporting the terrorist organizations Jesus Malverde Jun 2014 #19
You know your conclusion sulphurdunn Jun 2014 #20
Seemed like a decent enough guy. Oakenshield Jun 2014 #3
If you google him they report he od'ed. Jesus Malverde Jun 2014 #16
Sort of like going hunting w/out an orange vest Shankapotomus Jun 2014 #5
Feel the same way. It also goes to show why we should not be taking short cuts with our Dustlawyer Jun 2014 #6
You reap what you sow. Jesus Malverde Jun 2014 #17
We need to have information from people from who are on the ground in Syria! We should pam4water Jun 2014 #7
Havent you heard on DU ? iamthebandfanman Jun 2014 #9
We still need to know what is going on. Ignorance is not the answer. Knowing the players does not pam4water Jun 2014 #21
Roland subject Jun 2014 #10
How in the hell can it be legal sulphurdunn Jun 2014 #11
How can the cause of death be unknown sulphurdunn Jun 2014 #13

iamthebandfanman

(8,127 posts)
8. Oi...
Sun Jun 22, 2014, 11:36 AM
Jun 2014

i think your thought process seems to be right in line with a jihadist.. not his...

care to watch the video now or still wanna get outraged and curse a dead man without bothering?

Jesus Malverde

(10,274 posts)
14. Are we now going to lionize someone who ended up fighting "accidentally" for
Sun Jun 22, 2014, 08:58 PM
Jun 2014

Jabhat al-Nusra. They are some of the most extreme jihadist in Syria.

You reap what you sow.


Jesus Malverde

(10,274 posts)
15. Yes
Sun Jun 22, 2014, 09:02 PM
Jun 2014

They were not fighting to impose an extreme form of islam. Nor dedicated to killing those who didn't share their religion. They were trying to impose a secular government in the face of the fascist monarchists almost the exact opposite of what this misguided extremist was up to.

The groups he was fighting with make the tea party look positively progressive.

 

sulphurdunn

(6,891 posts)
18. Eric Harroun,
Sun Jun 22, 2014, 09:29 PM
Jun 2014

by his own admission, was not fighting to impose any form of Islam or any other religion. From what he said, I would conclude he was a secularist and a republican democrat. He claimed those he fought with him were of many religious, ethnic and political persuasion. After the Spanish Civil War, members of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade were tarred as communists when they returned home, when communist had the same connotation jihadist has today.

Jesus Malverde

(10,274 posts)
19. He needed to say all those things to avoid going to jail for supporting the terrorist organizations
Sun Jun 22, 2014, 10:07 PM
Jun 2014

he fought for. If you watch his earlier video's before he was caught they are full of Jihadist rhetoric.

There is no similarity between secular communism and Jihadist ideology.

 

sulphurdunn

(6,891 posts)
20. You know your conclusion
Sun Jun 22, 2014, 11:23 PM
Jun 2014

about him is an inference that is not based upon anything he said or any evidence you know of. There are as many variants on the meaning of communism as there are jihad. At their worst they are both rationalizations for making the world a better place by violently forcing you and me to comply with the beliefs of fanatics and psychopaths. At their best they demand we become the change we want to see in the world.

Oakenshield

(614 posts)
3. Seemed like a decent enough guy.
Sun Jun 22, 2014, 03:02 AM
Jun 2014

Strange that his cause of death is "unknown". Hopefully our own spooks aren't connected.

Shankapotomus

(4,840 posts)
5. Sort of like going hunting w/out an orange vest
Sun Jun 22, 2014, 08:25 AM
Jun 2014

Yea, he may have meant to have been on the "right" side but pretty stupid to get involved in that murky situation anyway.

Sorry for whatever happened to him, though.

Dustlawyer

(10,494 posts)
6. Feel the same way. It also goes to show why we should not be taking short cuts with our
Sun Jun 22, 2014, 08:49 AM
Jun 2014

system of Justice. We must ALWAYS GIVE due process!

pam4water

(2,916 posts)
7. We need to have information from people from who are on the ground in Syria! We should
Sun Jun 22, 2014, 11:01 AM
Jun 2014

embed some fighters with the groups in Syria so we know which groups are terrorist and which groups are really fighting for a better life for the people of Syria.

iamthebandfanman

(8,127 posts)
9. Havent you heard on DU ?
Sun Jun 22, 2014, 11:38 AM
Jun 2014

George W Bush.

He exsisted,
Did a terrible job,
and thus..
We dont help people in foreign countries anymore, sorry.

....

pam4water

(2,916 posts)
21. We still need to know what is going on. Ignorance is not the answer. Knowing the players does not
Wed Jun 25, 2014, 07:26 PM
Jun 2014

mean we have to bomb them, really

 

sulphurdunn

(6,891 posts)
11. How in the hell can it be legal
Sun Jun 22, 2014, 04:58 PM
Jun 2014

to fight on foreign soil and illegal to fire an RPG while doing it?

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