Episode 724 • • 2:11:53 - 2:19:45
724: Nice Fabric
DIA Document, Salafist Principality, Staged ISIS Videos
A 2012 Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) document suggests that Western powers and their allies desired the establishment of a "Salafist Principality" in Eastern Syria to isolate the Syrian government. The hosts argue that the rise of the "Islamic State" was a calculated geopolitical setup. They further claim that ISIS propaganda videos are often staged, using "plaster" statues and masked actors to manipulate Western public opinion.