Just a little lesson in definitions—-and a little clarity of purpose. Oh what a web he weaves!!

The Sinister Difference Between “ISIS” and “ISIL”

Here is an explanation of the difference between the terms ISIS and ISIL.

I have been suspicious of the term ISIL to which the administration stubbornly clings.

ISIS = Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Iraq is to the east of Jordan (shaped like the hatchet) and Syria is to the north.

ISIL = Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Iraq is still to the east of Jordan, and “the Levant” is a term that comes from “the rising (of the sun, i.e., to the east)” – and is basically the land along the Mediterranean – that includes Lebanon, Israel, and those countries along there.

By saying ISIL, you “negate” Israel as its own country and lump it in with the rest of the countries along…