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Rick Sterling, you wrote in today's CounterPunch:
"A Columbia University researcher lists proof of Turkish collaboration
with ISIS here."
The word here links to a Huffington Post article
(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-l-phillips/research-paper-isis-turke_b_6128950.html)
that says nothing about PROOF. It is in fact a list of ALLEGATIONS. Both
you and fellow Baathist amen corner member John Wight have both made
claims that the Columbia professor did not even make himself. In fact
his article ends with this disclaimer:
"Author's Note: Information presented in this paper is offered without
bias or endorsement."
Do you and Wight really think that a video with guys in black shirts and
long hair (http://odatv.com/vid_video.php?id=8D3C0) "proves" that they
were ISIS members? Maybe they were Metallica fans instead.
Also, I would be a bit more wary about citing David L. Phillips, the
Columbia professor. Aren't you aware that he was an adviser to the State
Department planning committee working on a post-Saddam Iraq in 2002?
Phillips was very close to Christopher Hitchens ideologically, seeing
the Kurds as a critical element in overthrowing Saddam. He is also the
Executive Director of the Elie Wiesel Foundation.
One of the saddest things about the Baathist amen corner is its utter
disregard for the truth. Do you think that it strengthens your cause by
writing lies? Maybe that's the only route open to someone who is trying
to make Bashar al-Assad a knight in shining armor when he is in fact a
blood-soaked dictator who has much more in common with Suharto, Pinochet
or Mobutu.
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