Comments by "Phil Dobson" (@phildobson8705) on "Syria conflict: Salvaging Palmyra artefacts - BBC News" video.

  1. Beheaded, irreplaceable historical items destroyed and yet USA can't see that the most important thing is to stop Islamic state? What happened to USA strikes against Islamic state? USA apparently only targeted infrastructure that was useful to government forces if they mounted a counter attack? USA are living in Vietnam days of "its communism"
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  2. There is no time for this is ridiculous "Asad must go" look at that poor old man in his 80s beheaded, No USA supported terrorists are not going to refuse to swear allegiance to Islamic state if Assad fell.
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  3. +pilot4life15 because they created Islamic state in the first place just with a different name
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  4. +G-BIL I-T e ISIS formerly known as Al-Qaeda in Iraq, rebranded "Islamic State", is the stuff of nightmares. They are ruthless, fanatical killers on a mission,to wipe out anyone and everyone from any religion or belief system and to impose Shari'ah law. The mass executions, beheadings and even crucifixions that they are committing as they work towards this goal are flaunted like badges of pride, video taped and uploaded for the whole world to see. This is the new face of evil. Would it interest you to know who helped these psychopaths rise to power? Would it interest you to know who armed them, funded them and trained them? Would it interest you to know why? See the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011? Obama's Arab Spring & little was said about the identity or the ideological leanings of these Libyan rebels - Al-Qaeda linked jihadists who fought against allied troops in Iraq. Remember Al-Qaeda in Iraq was ISIS before it was rebranded. With the assistance of U.S. and NATO intelligence and air support, the Libyan rebels captured Gaddafi and summarily executed him in the street, all the while enthusiastically chanting "Allah Akbar". For many of those who had bought the official line about how these rebels were freedom fighters aiming to establish a liberal democracy in Libya, this was the beginning of the end of their illusions. Prior to the U.S. and NATO backed intervention, Libya had the highest standard of living of any country in Africa. However in the years following qaddafi's murder the country descended into chaos, with extremism and violence running rampant. Now the same Al-Qaeda origin rebels are backed by USA in Syria
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  5. +G-BIL I-T http://www.wanttoknow.info/war/isis-islamic-state-origins.shtml
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  6. +pilot4life15 USA generals are regularly explaining us on UK TV 'if they have have people on the ground who are prepared give their lives to fight in a conflict, it right for the USA to supply military aid' But it looks foolish from this side of the Atlantic that generals keep falling for same ' give us weapons and we will be your at your service' trick. Allah Akbar chanting people do whatever they are told by whoever it is they believe speaks for Allah and that includes deceiving USA generals.
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  7. +pilot4life15 Fact is USA has made the same mistake before 9/11 USA doesn't seem to realise just how dangerous is the situation is for Europe I will copy and paste you Islamic state ultimatum for Europe
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  8. +pilot4life15 here is the link to Islamic state Google Plus page- you will see they are highly Internet proficient https://plus.google.com/116395609089922177089/posts/Cc4FX5b87zG
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  9. +pilot4life15 you got it! It's not just women & children it's 1000s of fighting age males & there has already been stone throwing and Allah Akbar shouting in Austria, Hungary Germany, France etc. The type of extortion Islamic state are saying on their Google Plus is already happening to Turkish Muslim shops in London, when there are more of their fighting age men they could switch to doing that to ordinary persons, then it could be too late to stop
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