A few
months ago I wrote a blog describing what I had learned about how the Islamic
fighters of ISIS or ISIL or Islamic Caliphate as they call it now treat the
people they conquer. Murder, beheadings, rape, enslavement, crucifixion,
and any number of barbaric activities are the tools used to enforce their
Muslim state. For awhile it appeared the Kurds would stop them but that has not
worked and even American air power is not effective.
Western powers led by Barack Obama are talking about supporting the Kurds, Iraqis and even Assad in Syria with military advice and things like blankets and tents. Soft support it is called, no boots on the ground. Good enough.
Western soldiers are not welcome in Muslim lands. They are infidels in the eyes of devout Muslims who must either convert to Islam or be killed. In my mind no western soldier should be involved in the fight against ISIS.
Muslims in the Middle East are treacherous. The Saudi Arabians are nominally allies of the US but actually support ISIS with money and manpower. There are two main parts to Islam, Sunni and Shia. ISIS is Sunni and Saudi Arabians are Sunni hence they support each other. Iran and a large part of Iraq are Shia and are enemies of the Sunnis. Many of the Kurds in Iraq are Shia but there are other subgroups of Islam and even Christians in the area. These people are fleeing to Turkey since the Kurd fighters are not equipped to fight the ISIS fighters who have American equipment captured from the Iraqi Army that abandoned their posts as ISIS advanced from Syria.
The remnants of the Iraq army are unlikely to hold ISIS if it advances on Baghdad unless Iran intervenes. There are no moderate forces in Syria fighting Assad. Any arms given to the supposed Free Syrian Army will end up in the hands of ISIS.
It is a sad story of death and destruction but there is nothing practical the West can do about it. We must be prepared for the time Islamist forces once again assault Europe and then the Americas. It is their clear objective to implement Sharia around the world.
Western powers led by Barack Obama are talking about supporting the Kurds, Iraqis and even Assad in Syria with military advice and things like blankets and tents. Soft support it is called, no boots on the ground. Good enough.
Western soldiers are not welcome in Muslim lands. They are infidels in the eyes of devout Muslims who must either convert to Islam or be killed. In my mind no western soldier should be involved in the fight against ISIS.
Muslims in the Middle East are treacherous. The Saudi Arabians are nominally allies of the US but actually support ISIS with money and manpower. There are two main parts to Islam, Sunni and Shia. ISIS is Sunni and Saudi Arabians are Sunni hence they support each other. Iran and a large part of Iraq are Shia and are enemies of the Sunnis. Many of the Kurds in Iraq are Shia but there are other subgroups of Islam and even Christians in the area. These people are fleeing to Turkey since the Kurd fighters are not equipped to fight the ISIS fighters who have American equipment captured from the Iraqi Army that abandoned their posts as ISIS advanced from Syria.
The remnants of the Iraq army are unlikely to hold ISIS if it advances on Baghdad unless Iran intervenes. There are no moderate forces in Syria fighting Assad. Any arms given to the supposed Free Syrian Army will end up in the hands of ISIS.
It is a sad story of death and destruction but there is nothing practical the West can do about it. We must be prepared for the time Islamist forces once again assault Europe and then the Americas. It is their clear objective to implement Sharia around the world.
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