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user-inactivated  ·  3323 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: "Origins and Strategy of the Islamic State" by George Friedman, co-founder of STRATFOR

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.