BOMBSHELL : ISIS Defectors Say Islamic State Is Rooting For A Trump Victory Because They Believe He Will Lead The United States To Self-Destruction
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/2016-08-24/why-isis-rooting-trump-0
Donald Trump has been campaigning on a promise to eradicate the Islamic State (also known as ISIS). The Republican presidential nominee regularly makes belligerent statements such as “I would bomb the shit out of . . . those suckers” and “We have to knock the hell out of them.” He has said that he would send up to 30,000 more U.S. troops to fight ISIS and refuses to rule out the possibility of using nuclear weapons against the group. One might expect ISIS to view his candidacy with apprehension. However, interviews with ISIS supporters and recent defectors suggest just the opposite: jihadists are rooting for a Trump presidency because they believe that he will lead the United States on a path to self-destruction. Last week, an ISIS spokesman wrote on the ISIS-affiliated Telegram channel, Nashir, “I ask Allah to deliver America to Trump.” Meanwhile, an ISIS supporter posted on one of the numerous jihadist “channels” hosted by the Telegram messaging application, “The ‘facilitation’ of Trump’s arrival in the White House must be a priority for jihadists at any cost!!!”
Analysis of ISIS chatter on social media and conversations with 12 current and former supporters of the group do indicate that ISIS strongly prefers Trump over the Democratic candidate, Hillary Clinton. When asked to explain their preference for Trump, interviewees offered several reasons. First, Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric plays into ISIS’ narrative of a bipolar world in which the West is at war with Islam. Second, ISIS hopes that Trump will radicalize Muslims in the United States and Europe and inspire them to commit lone-wolf attacks in their home countries. Third, ISIS supporters believe that Trump would be an unstable and irrational leader whose impulsive decision-making would weaken the United States
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I see John is getting his political commentary from unwashed terrorists now. That's a step up from the normal liberal sources, I guess. Well done!
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Have you polled any other murderers, genocidists, or supervillains?
You don't seem to be able to read yet. I'll get back to you in a few years.
Do you have that long?
Only progressives promote stories suggesting how one should vote based on what ISIS says or thinks.
I thought it was pretty strange. I thought we didn't want any foreign influences in our election? I guess the left feels differently now?
Trump seems to think ISIS is afraid of him. Not really.
How embarrassing it must be for him to read that ISIS thinks he will destroy America for them. That has to hurt.
I assume he doesn't care what a bunch of primitive savages think of him.
He probably doesn't care if he destroys America either.
Hillary certainly doesn't. Her cavalier handling of national security proves that.
Well Hillary the whore of Islam is a primitive savage.
Democrats take advise from ISIS.
Looks that way. Seems odd, but you know them...
When Isis apparently wants T rump to win but Americans still want to vote for him
If Trump really wants to destroy ISIS , he should buy
them out and run them like one of his casinos. (h/t Triumph the Insult Comic Dog)
I guess support from ISIS is now suppose to be harmful to Donald Trump and helpful to Hillary Clinton.
If I were ISIS I would support the candidate I didn't want to win.
Are they supporting him? Maybe the FEC should check out his donations list. He's been soliciting campaign donations from foreign sources (which is illegal) so I wouldn't put it past him. It's all green to him.
I'd check the Clinton Foundation records first. She has a history...
Are they supporting him?
I don't know. You're the one who put the article insinuating they wanted him to win the election.
Cerenkov is right, though. I'd check the Clinton Foundation. They're probably listed on CF's outreach program.
It's not who ISIS supports but rather who supported them. Hillary was the one who wanted to depose Assad and funneled money to Sunni rebel groups inside Syria. One of those groups was ISIS. That debacle led to thousands more dead, a regional sectarian war, and the expansion of ISIS into Iraq. But while she was using her vast knowledge and experience to mess up Syria and the Middle East, she also turned her destructive attention to deposing Gaddafi in Libya. She then helped the dictator's huge weapons cashe find its way to Syria where it fell into rebel hands that included ISIS. So, while ISIS may like Trump because his stupidity could destroy America, they might not even be around if not for Hillary's stupidity in helping to arm and fund them in the first place.