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Israeli Think Tank: Don’t Destroy ISIS; It’s a “Useful Tool” Against Iran, Hezbollah, Syria

Head of a right-wing think tank says the existence of ISIS serves a “strategic purpose” in the West’s interests.

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According to a think tank that does contract work for NATO and the Israeli government, the West should not destroy ISIS, the fascist Islamist extremist group that is committing genocide and ethnically cleansing minority groups in Syria and Iraq. Why? The so-called Islamic State “can be a useful tool in undermining” Iran, Hezbollah, Syria and

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GOP Takes Islamophobia To Dangerous New Level

After each tragedy, Republicans look for anything to blame but guns. Now they’re taking Islamophobia to new heights

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Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump, right, speaks with fellow Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, during a rally opposing the Iran nuclear deal outside the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

In the wake of the horrific San Bernardino attack, it’s understandable that we would see a national outcry, with leaders and citizens alike demanding that something be done. After all, 25 people were shot, 14 of them died on the scene. It was a terrifying act of violence. But this is America. We have frequent mass killings in workplaces, clinics,

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Why White Terrorists Aren’t Called “Terrorists”

The white supremacists who shot Black Lives Matter protestors qualify as terrorists—but we won’t call them that.

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Dylann Roof, responsible for a politically motivated killing rampage in a black church is rarely defined as a terrorist by most media.

The script has gotten familiar by now: Ideologically driven Muslim or foreigner does something violent and awful, and they are dubbed a terrorist. Ideologically driven white person does something violent and awful, and the term rarely comes up. That’s the way the latest act of public violence – the shooting, by white supremacists, of five Black

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Obama Gives Iran Hawks The Smackdown: ‘They Bungled Iraq, and They’ve Learned Nothing

President Obama argues for diplomacy with Iran by reminding everyone of his detractors’ biggest failure.

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President Obama has not exactly been patient with Congress when it comes to the multilateral diplomatic framework with Iran over its nuclear ambitions. After the agreement was announced last week, Obama called a press conference and used the event to methodically rip apart each argument critics have deployed against the deal. Time and again he

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