we were, but now we have found a home, a powerful message to the millions of unemployed, disconnected young muslims across the middle east. and even in countries like france and germany. i mean, by islam in syria, i originally come from canada. i m thinking like i m still dreaming, i m feeling like i m still dreaming, thinking like i m in the dream world. you have to be here to understand what i m saying. and, of course, isis also manipulates us, television news. they put their videos online, we put them on television and in a bizarre twist, isis turns around and makes clever use of what it sees on tv. this video is called victory in kobani. it glorifies the isis capture of
but once they are governing in their medieval bar barrous manner, the allure fades, the disenchantment builds and with it ever increasing repression. remember, no one has ever voted isis into power anywhere. they slaughtered their way to victory. is isis a threat to the west? the group s leaders declare that it is everyday. but until recently their ambitions appeared to be mostly centered on their arab enemies, on building a caliphate in iraq and syria. in recent months with the attacks against russia and turkey and france clearly isis has expanded its ambitions and its operations. they understand, of course, that to be terror group number one, they must battle the country that is the world s number-one power, america. they seek that confrontation and hope that the united states would come to the middle east and fight them on their terms.
commit crimes and kill because they are trying to establish a new generation of killers. it s a gang mentality. the gang idea is important. because isis uses it to manipulate kids. a lot of the propaganda mixes the violence with scenes of comradeky, friendship, the people in isis video seems to be saying, we did not belong where we were. but now we have found a home. a powerful message to the millions of unemployed, disconnected young muslims across the middle east. even in countries like france and germany. in islam in syria, i originally come from canada. i m thinking i m still dreaming, feeling like i m still dreaming and thinking i m in the dream world. you have to be here to understand what i m saying. and of course isis also manipulates us, television news. they put their videos online, we
defense agency until late last year. we failed to understand the enemy that we faced. flynn says intelligence officials warned the administration that isis was growing more dangerous before the president made his infamiliarous jc comment but the president has said the intelligence on isis was inadequate. here he is on 60 minutes. how did they end up where they are in control of so much territory? was that a complete surprise to you? well, i think our head of the intelligence community, jim clapper has acknowledged that they underestimated what had been taking place in syria. do you think it was an intelligence failure? i don t. i really look at that it s easy to i will take one for the team, you know. the president has to decide who he s going to listen to and what
organization. but it has thrived because of a local cause. the group has gained territory, cash, and recruits primarily because of the rage and rebellion of the sunnis of iraq and syria. that sunni cause is going to endure for some time. the sunnis of the region will remain in rebellion. the sunni-dominated areas will remain in turmoil and isis will be able to capitalize on this chaos. now, in the long run, icy mig i find its greatest foes are within the so-called caliphate. the few reports coming out show that people do not like living around brutal theocratic dictatorship and even those who supported it are growing disenchanted. in this case, isis is like other radical groups such as the taliban. they are a lure in the abstract