ISIS is an apocalyptic cult.
They believe that they are building an army to wage a final battle at Dabiq which will start the countdown clock to the End of the World and Judgement Day.
Everything ISIS does reeks of desperation to lure western countries, especially the United States, into ground conflict in Syria/Iraq. They are trying as hard as they can to inflame us into a giant ball of outrage so that we’ll declare war on them and march into battle against them.
And it looks like we’re going to fall for it. Well, the GOP and Hillary Clinton are falling for it.
It remains to be seen whether wiser heads will prevail in the matter.
Isn’t it interesting how some of our leaders are just so ready and willing to send other peoples’ children into harm’s way to die?
No... not interesting. Awful. Despicable. Stupid. Wrong. And Immoral. That’s what I meant to say.
Incidentally, if we really wanted to defeat ISIS, I propose that we’d do it the old-fashioned way. The way the North defeated the South during the U.S. Civil War. The way that Alexander the Great defeated every opposing army he ever encountered. The way you have to win any military conflict. We’d choke off their supply routes and deny them resources. Geez. I’m a little bitty lady in North Carolina, with no personal military background and even I know that.
If we give them a ground war, we’re giving them exactly what they are desperately hoping for.
Please, please, please, let’s be smarter than that.