>>> I think the journalist was wrong. He doesn't know what he doesn't know and I don't either. It's only one threat scenario.
Will have to re-read that article with my fine toothed comb and inspector gadget magnifier out.
The fact that the CIA is continuing to supply arms to Syrian 'rebels' - aka. ISIS - is not just a scenario. It is an honest to goodness threat.
The MUCH larger threat to this country is NOT TERRORISM, nor is it the muslims, russians, chinese, or koreans.
The real threat is total loss of liberty in this country - through a steady erosion of God Given rights - under the guise of 'increased security, public safety, and a myriad of other excuses'.
The rest - muslims, terrorism, antifa, russians, chinese, koreans - merely pawns in the bigger effort to solidify the actual 'global caliphate' - one run by the UnHoly Trinity - Big government (in this case - a totalitarian one world government), Big Business (Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and their ilk), and Big Money - such as those of the type that own and control the likes of Goldman Sachs.
That is the real threat. All the rest is theatre - a deadly theatre to be sure, one that must be fought - but those are but the mere pawns on the board- to be played against each other, sacrificed when strategic, with the ultimate goal of checkmating the King Republic - We the People.

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