"boots on the ground"

[W Brewer]

LH: <does anyone have a take on why the U.S. =
government (and maybe U.K., I can't remember) insists on referring to =
our enemy as ISIL when everyone else calls them ISIS?>
WB:  Let's call the whole thing Off (insect repellent).
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-vs-islamic-state-vs-isil-vs-daesh-what-do-the-different-names-mean-9750629.html
Natives are pushing for DAESH.  Because they're cleaning up in their
mad dash to the caliphate?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoLxW_3cLT4

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