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kleinbl00 · 3324 days ago · link · · parent · post: "Origins and Strategy of the Islamic State" by George Friedman, co-founder of STRATFOR
I feel that he's saying ISIS wants to pull off something like that for the result, not that he expects it. I think ISIS has more ambition than ability. However, it doesn't take a lot of ability to terrorize people.
user-inactivated · 3323 days ago · link ·
They've got all the ability they need for a certain scope -- see map, article -- and not even close to enough in my opinion for the ambitions he ascribes to them. War Nerd's right; Friedman's right. A group that rapes a bunch of desperate Yazidis is scary but not Scary.