Do you know the difference between ISIS and ISIL in today's events?

[billethkid]

I did not know the answer until I pursued it this morning.

The following does explain the difference and THAT is the point of this thread. Not the speculation of who uses which one or why.

‘ISIS’ vs. ‘ISIL’ vs. ‘Islamic State’: The political importance of a much-debated acronym - The Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/09/09/isis-vs-isil-vs-islamic-state-the-political-importance-of-a-much-debated-acronym/)

Once clarified, the distinction between the two does beg or raise a question, is there a reason for using one or the other or not.

[Chi-Town]

Actually, it seems like the trend is just refer to it as the Islamic State.

[Carl in Tampa]

I did not know the answer until I pursued it this morning.

The following does explain the difference and THAT is the point of this thread. Not the speculation of who uses which one or why.

‘ISIS’ vs. ‘ISIL’ vs. ‘Islamic State’: The political importance of a much-debated acronym - The Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/09/09/isis-vs-isil-vs-islamic-state-the-political-importance-of-a-much-debated-acronym/)

Once clarified, the distinction between the two does beg or raise a question, is there a reason for using one or the other or not.

I disagree with the writer of the linked article who is claiming that President Obama's use of ISIL rather than ISIS is to avoid a reference to Syria. The L stands for Levant, an area which includes Syria.

There seems to be some confusion about whether the Islamic butchers from Syria should be called ISIS or ISIL.

Let's understand the ISIS/ISIL references. ISIS stands for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, and their expansion from Syria into Iraq was step one of a larger plan.

The larger plan is ISIL, which stands for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The Levant is a Muslim area that was part of the Ottoman Empire which was broken up by the winners of WWI, particularly England and France. The Levant today consists of the island of Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, and part of southern Turkey.

So, you see, the term ISIL recognizes the grander scheme of the terrorist extremist Muslims to take over all of that area and establish a new Caliphate, a Muslim state which will be a base of operations to spread Islam through the entire world by force. ISIL might be considered the more accurate description to define their long term goals.

They must be eradicated.

[Bogie Shooter]

They already control oil fields. They are selling $2million a day.

[Bogie Shooter]

And we are doing business with them>?

Duh! Its sold on the black market.

[kittygilchrist]

Hitler was stopped. But, they say "americans are tired of war"....
I am in Israel...Do you not think Jews here are tired of wars they did not start?

Whatever you call beheaders of innocent people, they are evil, just as Hitler was.
Oh dear, Americans are tired...

[Bogie Shooter]

It does not matter because in the end whether Obama and his goon squad like it or not they are going to have to squash this cancer because too many people here and and elsewhere know what is at stake

Goon squad?

[janmcn]

Goon squad?

I guess that's the US military and the National Security Advisors. They are the ones tasked with squashing this cancer.