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Re: Donald Trump signifies he will end US support for Syrian rebels despite their ple
ISIS central argument isn't that they govern territory because they will always govern territory, be it Africa (Boko Haram), Brazil (yep in Brazil), Gaza, Pakistan/Afghanistan, or Yemen in which ISIS holds ground. AQ held territory as well and still does.
These groups don't go underground, they shift AOs and tactics. AQ started in Afghanistan, shifted to the Bosnian mujahideen during the Balkans war, then back to Sudan/Afghanistan. Shifted their tactics from direct action after 9/11 to small tactics of terrorist plots that aren't very thought out.
ISIS has made that shift as well once it started to stall out in Syria and Iraq. ISIS is getting a new generation of fighters training and combat experience and returning them to their country of origin to create cells or bigger actions.
I mean end game for Syria.
ISIS' central argument is that they governed territory. They can't go covert like AQ did, and remain who they are. That's not to say that the Virtual Caliphate won't exist, but it's going to be severely damaged.
As for "endgames" :shrug: we win, they lose, or they win, and we lose and convert to Islam. Those are the two endgames on the table. It takes both sides to end a war, and they aren't interested.
ISIS central argument isn't that they govern territory because they will always govern territory, be it Africa (Boko Haram), Brazil (yep in Brazil), Gaza, Pakistan/Afghanistan, or Yemen in which ISIS holds ground. AQ held territory as well and still does.
These groups don't go underground, they shift AOs and tactics. AQ started in Afghanistan, shifted to the Bosnian mujahideen during the Balkans war, then back to Sudan/Afghanistan. Shifted their tactics from direct action after 9/11 to small tactics of terrorist plots that aren't very thought out.
ISIS has made that shift as well once it started to stall out in Syria and Iraq. ISIS is getting a new generation of fighters training and combat experience and returning them to their country of origin to create cells or bigger actions.
I mean end game for Syria.