ooOoOoOAnaOoOoOoo wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
Think of al Qaeda/ISIS' ideology as the extreme-wing of the already extreme-wing Wahhabism.
KSA exported Sunni radicalism.
Iran's Khomeini regime exported Shiite radicalism.
And the US is allying with both of them...fascinating!
I suspect it has something to do with Russia.
For Radicals the US ranks high. Before ISIS they took over Iraq and Afghanistan.
Before that they funded and supplied Saddam's war with Iran.
I am fairly well read, I have never found the cause of the Iran-Iraq War.
With western support the Shiite majority gets ruled by Saddam's Sunni minority, which offends the Saudi because they are the "real" Sunnis. So the US changes sides and bombs the Sunnis in Iraq, bans them from government, then tells the Shiite majority that they can rule, but not be friends with Iran.
When Shiites turn out to have more in common with Iran, common religion, living along the border, ISIS is invented.
Now Saddam's forces are militant Sunnis. They are a minority that hold a lot of empty desert, they have enemies on all sides, and they are not farmers. Sources of food and supply lines are going to be a problem.
It does seem someone was trying to drag Russia into this conflict, as an ally of Iran, Syria, Lebanon.
Like Ukraine they held important areas, the population and industry zones, and let IS and Kiev try to run a State.
With some of the best farmland on earth Kiev is going to default, even with billions in Freedom Bucks pouring in.
ISIS is in a desert with oil being the only export, and all pipelines and ports held by their enemies.
I wonder what Mosul is eating?
The longer this goes on, someone is bleeding economic support for a hopeless cause.
Sunnis were the majority in Syria, the poor oppressed darlings, now they are the definite majority in camps in Turkey, Jordon, graves, and they are not being invited to come back, ever.
Where have you been the last few years? Identifies those who tried to overthrow the government, and killed a hundred thousand loyal citizens.
Rebel areas cannot ask the government for food, medical supplies, income, banking, power, running water, nor can they afford to import it.
Kiev is a rebel area with outside support, borders, access, and they are failing fast.
One false flag bombing in Saudiland, and a lot of ISIS deserters picked up and in line for head chopping.
ISIS has been killing those who leave.
Come join us, and if you do not like it, we will kill you.
The Rights Sector is calling on the Army to not obey the government, and join them in overthrowing it.
Making trouble in Russia's backyard is not working out.