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Terror: Does Obama know what ISIL stands for?

Why do Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton refuse to call ISIS/ISIL what it is? ISIS is an acronym for Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, ISIL stands for Islamic State of Iraq and Levant.

No matter the acronym you choose, the first two letters mean Islamic State. Obama chooses to use the prettier sounding “ISIL” however I seriously doubt that he knows where and/or what Levant is. Should he look it up on the Internet he’d probably be surprised that the “L” in ISIL represents many countries, not just Iraq and Syria.

The man is totally out of touch with reality. It’s frightening.

This story was originally published November 19, 2015 at 11:49 AM with the headline "Terror: Does Obama know what ISIL stands for?."

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