ISIS Pays it's Fighters in US Dollars

[Ibanez]

I was listening to an interview on NPRs, Planet Money, with a man that escaped from and ISIS held town in Syria. Also, budget from January is smuggled out. In it, it shows that ISIS' budget is all in US Dollars. It pays it's fighters in US dollars and the fighters love buying Western products and cars. He said his town was full of brand new Hummers, Chargers, Mustangs, Western music and the biggest...BIGGEST seller in the market place was Twix candy bars.


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It's a good story to listen to.

[andy7171]

Left twix or right twix?

[Ibanez]

I get it, the US dollar is stronger than the Syrian pound(?) but c'mon. You have principles and are murdering for them.


But economically, you have to go with the currency of the world aka the currency of your enemy.

[Ibanez]

Left twix or right twix?

Both. They love chocolate.

[SDHornet]

I get it, the US dollar is stronger than the Syrian pound(?) but c'mon. You have principles and are murdering for them.


But economically, you have to go with the currency of the world aka the currency of your enemy.

Bigger question is where those US dollars are coming from. I smell a Spandos vid coming.

[ASUG8]

I get it, the US dollar is stronger than the Syrian pound(?) but c'mon. You have principles and are murdering for them.


But economically, you have to go with the currency of the world aka the currency of your enemy.

Bigger question is where those US dollars are coming from. I smell a Spandos vid coming.

.....and who's shipping Mustangs and Chargers?

[bandl]

Left twix or right twix?

Both. They love chocolate.

Wrong. They love PEANUT BUTTER!

[SDHornet]

Bigger question is where those US dollars are coming from. I smell a Spandos vid coming.

.....and who's shipping Mustangs and Chargers?

Probably the same people sending them US dollars...if I were investigating this, I would start in DC...

[Ibanez]

I get it, the US dollar is stronger than the Syrian pound(?) but c'mon. You have principles and are murdering for them.


But economically, you have to go with the currency of the world aka the currency of your enemy.

Bigger question is where those US dollars are coming from. I smell a Spandos vid coming.

A lot of it is oil, but they are having a difficult time selling it, even on the black market.

[bandl]

Is this any surprise though? You can use US dollars anywhere. I've used them in Montanada, New Zealand, Jamaica, Czech Rep & Detroit.

[Ibanez]

Is this any surprise though? You can use US dollars anywhere. I've used them in Montanada, New Zealand, Jamaica, Czech Rep & Detroit.

Not surprising. It's a little ironic. Don't you think?

[bandl]

Is this any surprise though? You can use US dollars anywhere. I've used them in Montanada, New Zealand, Jamaica, Czech Rep & Detroit.

Not surprising. It's a little ironic. Don't you think?

Shut up, Alanis.

[Ibanez]

Not surprising. It's a little ironic. Don't you think?

Shut up, Alanis.

IT'S LIKE A FREE RIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHEN YOU'VE ALREADY PAID!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bandl]

Shut up, Alanis.

IT'S LIKE A FREE RIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHEN YOU'VE ALREADY PAID!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not surprised you know the lyrics.
I bet you rank her right up there with that Marcy's shit band.

[andy7171]

Both. They love chocolate.

Wrong. They love PEANUT BUTTER!

He didn't say peanut butter twix, tickle.

[bandl]

Wrong. They love PEANUT BUTTER!

He didn't say peanut butter twix, tickle.

He also didn't say that he likes it in the dumper, yet we know he does, right?

[Grizalltheway]

*its

[Ibanez]

He didn't say peanut butter twix, tickle.

He also didn't say that he likes it in the dumper, yet we know he does, right?

I told you that in confidence, you bitch!

[YoUDeeMan]

.....and who's shipping Mustangs and Chargers?

Probably the same people sending them US dollars...if I were investigating this, I would start in DC...

WINNER!!!

[YoUDeeMan]

Is this any surprise though? You can use US dollars anywhere. I've used them in Montanada, New Zealand, Jamaica, Czech Rep & Detroit.

I think ISIS is spending millions, and lots of those millions, on their toys.

That's a little above your budget, I'd guess.

[houndawg]

Is this any surprise though? You can use US dollars anywhere. I've used them in Montanada, New Zealand, Jamaica, Czech Rep & Detroit.

I think ISIS is spending millions, and lots of those millions, on their toys.

That's a little above your budget, I'd guess.

the beauty is that all those pallets of cash that went missing in Iraq are coming back home. Now if we can get the Syrians to switch to US weapons we'll be making serious bank.

[Pwns]

Railing against Western Capitalist influence while using your Western Capitalist dollars to live in a western manner.

[SDHornet]

Probably the same people sending them US dollars...if I were investigating this, I would start in DC...

WINNER!!!

Yeah I never bought into this "ISIS threat". Sorry, Islam has had radical elements for centuries and is nothing new. Blaming/tying recent Islamic terrorist events to ISIS means nothing to me. It's all just a dog and pony show to get the American public to buy into supporting a land war in Syria. You can't bomb away an ideology...but we learned that in Vietnam (among other debacles) so of course we aren't stupid enough to make that mistake again.

[SDHornet]

Railing against Western Capitalist influence while using your Western Capitalist dollars to live in a western manner.

I do like that irony too...kinda like railing against gun violence at home then funding arms for "moderate" rebels abroad. Irony.

[YoUDeeMan]

I like SDHornet (no homo).