Saturday, December 05, 2015

Retired Captain Malcolm S. Nance had something very interesting to say.

He stated Daesh is a cult and there have been other cults in the history of Islam. A couple of things came to mind.

1. Were the past cults at all successful and could that be emboldening Daesh when there is every reason to believer they will fail because of a faux and defeatable. Daesh will be defeated. They have no methods of rising above barbarism otherwise they would have and portray themselves as an advanced practice of Islam. They will be defeated for multiple reasons.

2. Saddam Ba'athists are known to have tortured people and it is that expertise that went across Syria where it wasn't before.

3. Because Daesh may be viewed as a cult and perhaps intimidation to The West; is a cult of belief respected within leaders of Muslim nations? Is the reluctance to fight Daesh by American allies due to the fact they actually connect it to a religion and some strange justification OR are they intimidated by the backlash?

I assumed he is retired as a Captain because of other photos. He needs to speak more about his expertise in relation to what he knows and understands about Daesh. His military ranks are not elaborated in the online media. That sir is racism.

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