Theo Padnos

And they themselves are good at dissembling. This is part of what you learn. It is a cult. So every cult member has a double personality. You have a self for inside the cult and a self for outside the cult. And they know how to code switch. At the moment, I believe that the... top people in the cult are all code switching.

And they themselves are good at dissembling. This is part of what you learn. It is a cult. So every cult member has a double personality. You have a self for inside the cult and a self for outside the cult. And they know how to code switch. At the moment, I believe that the... top people in the cult are all code switching.

They're all saying, we know how to deal with the public and they're doing it perfectly. And I feel that the whole world is like, yay, it's all good.

They're all saying, we know how to deal with the public and they're doing it perfectly. And I feel that the whole world is like, yay, it's all good.

They're all saying, we know how to deal with the public and they're doing it perfectly. And I feel that the whole world is like, yay, it's all good.

No one has apologized and said this was... Some of them defected to ISIS. Like the guys I talked to this morning, they were... This morning? Yeah.

No one has apologized and said this was... Some of them defected to ISIS. Like the guys I talked to this morning, they were... This morning? Yeah.

No one has apologized and said this was... Some of them defected to ISIS. Like the guys I talked to this morning, they were... This morning? Yeah.

They call me a lot.

They call me a lot.

They call me a lot.

I guess people do think it's weird. They go, you have Stockholm Syndrome. You're fucked up. What the fuck's your problem? You know, for the past 10 years, Jabhat al-Nusra has been like yesterday's news. Nobody was talking about them. But I knew that something was going to happen. I mean, I knew because I know them. And I know how they operate. So do you believe this transformation?

I guess people do think it's weird. They go, you have Stockholm Syndrome. You're fucked up. What the fuck's your problem? You know, for the past 10 years, Jabhat al-Nusra has been like yesterday's news. Nobody was talking about them. But I knew that something was going to happen. I mean, I knew because I know them. And I know how they operate. So do you believe this transformation?

I guess people do think it's weird. They go, you have Stockholm Syndrome. You're fucked up. What the fuck's your problem? You know, for the past 10 years, Jabhat al-Nusra has been like yesterday's news. Nobody was talking about them. But I knew that something was going to happen. I mean, I knew because I know them. And I know how they operate. So do you believe this transformation?

I believe that they want a peace in Syria... For their own people.

I believe that they want a peace in Syria... For their own people.

I believe that they want a peace in Syria... For their own people.

The Alawites are beyond the pale. They're never going to forgive the Alawites. The Christians, they have a legitimate place in Islam. You have to pay the tax. You have to do what they say, and they're going to leave you alone. But apparently there were 300,000 Christians in Aleppo before all of this, and 30,000 remain. So those Christians are not taking...

The Alawites are beyond the pale. They're never going to forgive the Alawites. The Christians, they have a legitimate place in Islam. You have to pay the tax. You have to do what they say, and they're going to leave you alone. But apparently there were 300,000 Christians in Aleppo before all of this, and 30,000 remain. So those Christians are not taking...

The Alawites are beyond the pale. They're never going to forgive the Alawites. The Christians, they have a legitimate place in Islam. You have to pay the tax. You have to do what they say, and they're going to leave you alone. But apparently there were 300,000 Christians in Aleppo before all of this, and 30,000 remain. So those Christians are not taking...