This explanation of ISIS and its strategy makes more sense than anything you will hear from any news broadcaster or hysterical politician this week:
Aly said that in ISIS’s monthly magazine, Dabiq, the group has admitted to taking credit for terrorist attacks it’s never funded in order to appear more powerful than it is.
He said that through a false image of omnipotent terror, ISIS aims to create a divide between Muslims and non-Muslims worldwide, leading to a “great war”.
"They want to start WWIII"
“There is a reason ISIL still want to appear so powerful,” he said, “why they don’t want to acknowledge that the land they control has been taken from weak enemies, that they are pinned down by airstrikes, or that just last weekend they lost a significant part of their territory.
“ISIL don’t want you to know they would quickly be crushed if they ever faced a proper army on a battlefield.
“They want you to fear them. They want you to get angry. They want all of us to become hostile, and here is why – ISIL’s strategy is to split the world into two camps. It is that black and white. Again, we know this because they told us.”
And the right wing and the American press are doing exactly what they want. So predictably dumb. One might even suspect they want war too ... after all, it's good for their politics and good for business.
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2015/11/isils-strategy-is-to-split-world-into.html
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If we become unhinged over an attack in another country , what will happen if there is a similar attack in the US, or a series of attacks? Start dragging Muslims out of their cars and shooting them ?
This "war" will be going on when the next President takes office. Let's see what if anything they do different. I bet it isn't much.
This "war" will be going on when the next President takes office. Let's see what if anything they do different. I bet it isn't much.
ISIS is thriving because we removed the dictator that suppressed them. My solution is, and has, been simple. First phase. Stop trying to topple Assad and broker a peace agreement. All key stakeholders should be involved (including Russia, Iran, Turkey, and coalition members). There will be great resistance from coalition members because they only joined to get rid of Assad and don't really care that much about ISIS. Any attacks on ISIS in Syria should be done in concert with Syria. Create a safe haven in Syria to stem the tide of refugees fleeing the country.
Second phase. Concentrate on eliminating ISIS in Iraq by sending in 50,000 US ground troops. Drive ISIS toward the Syrian border and crush them between US and Syrian/Iranian/Russian ground forces.
Third phase. Broker a power sharing arrangement between Shia and Sunni in Iraq to end the Sunni revolt.