Thursday, December 3, 2015

What's In a Name?

Have you wondered what to call the Islamic fundamentalist head-choppers in Iraq and Syria? RealClearDefense has a nice short article which explains the derivation of ISIL, ISIS, IS, the Caliphate, and Daesh.

Apparently, if you want to diss them, and your audience is au courant with the terminology, Daesh is the least respectful. They don't like it.