10 Reasons the Islamic State Is Doomed

[longknife]

This Newsweek article is quite interesting – and makes a whole lot of sense. The main point I read is that the jihadists are making enemies of other Muslims who just might unite against them – in spite of their centuries-old disagreements. It also points out that Western intervention will do more than slow things down.


It should be interesting to see if this comes true.


Read article @ http://www.newsweek.com/isiss-enemy-list-10-reasons-islamic-state-doomed-268953

 

[pismoe]

interesting article and thinking , we'll see what happens I guess .

 

[ogibillm]

i miss my print newsweek...
off to read the article.

 

[ogibillm]

insightful. very well thought out. I would guess that we aren't in danger of putting "boots on the ground" in iraq again, but we should be careful with our airstrikes.

 

[pismoe]

some would say to obliterate / bomb the cities where ' isis ' is hiding and just accept the collateral damage as was done in Dresden and Hiroshima , Nagasaki during ww2 . Some would also say , just step back and let ' isis ' destroy itself as I think the article advises . Little I know about the situation , ' isis' won when the USA didn't obliterate them when they were still in the desert .

 

[Bleipriester]

The list isn't accurate. Some bombings in favor of the Kurds (Some Sunni Kurdish groups are just as worse as Isis) and the Iraqi army do not make the US the number one in fighting Isis. It are the Syrian armed forced that are the terrorists hardest enemies.

 

[ogibillm]

The list isn't accurate. Some bombings in favor of the Kurds (Some Sunni Kurdish groups are just as worse as Isis) and the Iraqi army do not make the US the number one in fighting Isis. It are the Syrian armed forced that are the terrorists hardest enemies.

the article says they consider the united states their worst enemy. who is actually fighting them the most is not a consideration.

 

[Bleipriester]

the article says they consider the united states their worst enemy. who is actually fighting them the most is not a consideration.

Hair-splitting. But arming FSA Islamists to make them stronger against the IS Islamists makes the US really Isis' worst enemy. Not only will they use the weapons against the SAA and therfore make it easier for Isis in Syria but they also could take the weapons with them when they join Isis. The US is just worsening the things in Syria and nobody knows what the Kurds will do with the territory they control in Iraq.

 

[irosie91]

the article says they consider the united states their worst enemy. who is actually fighting them the most is not a consideration.

Hair-splitting. But arming FSA Islamists to make them stronger against the IS Islamists makes the US really Isis' worst enemy. Not only will they use the weapons against the SAA and therfore make it easier for Isis in Syria but they also could take the weapons with them when they join Isis. The US is just worsening the things in Syria and nobody knows what the Kurds will do with the territory they control in Iraq.

It is ALWAYS a bad idea to try to play one perverted muslim
against the other-----the daggers inevitably end up in the backs of the US players

 

[ogibillm]

the article says they consider the united states their worst enemy. who is actually fighting them the most is not a consideration.

Hair-splitting. But arming FSA Islamists to make them stronger against the IS Islamists makes the US really Isis' worst enemy. Not only will they use the weapons against the SAA and therfore make it easier for Isis in Syria but they also could take the weapons with them when they join Isis. The US is just worsening the things in Syria and nobody knows what the Kurds will do with the territory they control in Iraq.

It is ALWAYS a bad idea to try to play one perverted muslim
against the other-----the daggers inevitably end up in the backs of the US players

which is why the point of the article is that our level of engagement should be minimal.

 

[pismoe]

or total , as far as bombing goes .

 

[Bleipriester]

It is ALWAYS a bad idea to try to play one perverted muslim
against the other-----the daggers inevitably end up in the backs of the US players

In the backs of US citizens. The big players leave the field untouched preparing the next craze.

 

[pismoe]

thing is that it is just the writers opinion that its best to wait and he may be right but he may be wrong .

 

[Bleipriester]

which is why the point of the article is that our level of engagement should be minimal.

The US has to fight Isis. The presence of the IS is a consequence of the US war against Iraq 2003. They spared no effort to invade and bomb Iraq down twice for ridiculous reasons but now where there is a real threat, they do just the minimum to avoid criticism. Once Bush said that the Iraqis have to pay for their liberation. He meant oil, but the price is bigger.

For the past few months, a strange thing has been happening in the central Iraq town of Fallujah. Thousands of citizens, virtually all of them Sunni Muslims, have been gathering in public squares to protest the oppressive Shiite-led government in Baghdad. Sleeping in tents and wielding Twitter feeds and YouTube accounts, the young Sunnis have attempted to take democracy, and a certain sectarian disaffection, into their own hands.
Iraq War Cost 800 Billion And What Do We Have To Show For It