ISIS/ISIL conflict in Syria/Iraq (No OpEd, No Politics)

Broccoli said:

Some interesting notes of the recent happenings in Iraq.


- In Mosul Iraqi army had 15 men against every 1 ISIS fighter and yet they did run away. That does not include police.

- ISIS captured at least 20 upgraded T-55's and plenty of other AFV's and some of those are being transferred to Syria.

- ISIS and other Sunni militants now control roughly 50% Iraq and of course ISIS controls many towns in Syria.

- At this moment ISIS has already formed small caliphate.

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Broccoli said:

At this moment ISIS has already formed small caliphate.

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Jeff Head said:

And that, IMHO, is their entire objective.

A growing Al Queda led Calliphate. Right now it makes up half of Syria and haf of Iraq. They hope to defeat all of Iraq...but will have a tought to impossible time of controlling the South (IMHO).

They also hope to defeat Assad.

At some point, they will form (and are foriming) a defacto country. That will bode badly for the future in terms of extremists and terror camps and breeding grounds.

I expect they will ally themselves with the Taliban, and that the Taliban and affiliates of these people will make a push to completely control Afghanistan as soon as the US pulls out.

Syria is fighting them. I expect Iran will try and co-op them or bring them into its sphere. If Iran is successful in doing this...Iran will then itself be an effectual calliphate from the middle of Syria to the Pakistan border. If Pakistan falls to them...they will then be nuclear armed and even larger. THey are also making in roads into Africa.

Sadly, I believe all of this is possible in current geo-strategic situation in the Mid-East.

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Jeff Head said:

And that, IMHO, is their entire objective.

A growing Al Queda led Calliphate. Right now it makes up half of Syria and haf of Iraq. They hope to defeat all of Iraq...but will have a tought to impossible time of controlling the South (IMHO).

They also hope to defeat Assad.

At some point, they will form (and are foriming) a defacto country. That will bode badly for the future in terms of extremists and terror camps and breeding grounds.

I expect they will ally themselves with the Taliban, and that the Taliban and affiliates of these people will make a push to completely control Afghanistan as soon as the US pulls out.

Syria is fighting them. I expect Iran will try and co-op them or bring them into its sphere. If Iran is successful in doing this...Iran will then itself be an effectual calliphate from the middle of Syria to the Pakistan border. If Pakistan falls to them...they will then be nuclear armed and even larger. THey are also making in roads into Africa.

Sadly, I believe all of this is possible in current geo-strategic situation in the Mid-East.

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SouthernSky said:

Some very big if's in that post Jeff.

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Miragedriver said:

I have a bad feeling that this will be the first steps in setting up a new governemnt in northern Iraq (to control the north Iraq oil fields) that will have as its ultimate goal the creation of a Pan-Arab nation with Pan-Arab ideology that rejects capitalism, Christianity and the Jewish faith. This single Arab nation could then move forward in the creation of a One-Arab state which would lead to a major Islamic Jihad.

This could be the beginning of something very bad unless the West ( and some other Arab nations) get their act together and stops it now.

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