There is I believe an economic factor tied to this current Sunni Islamic "Fascism" at least at the upper levels of C2. If it is correct that Saudi Arabia is or has funded ISIS in Syria and has blessed their "Blitzkrieg" invasion of Sunni controlled Northen Iraq with tactical encursions into the Kurdish region (long detested by the former Baath party.)

Then it should stand to reason that those holding the reigns are in this for control of the oil fields and the money associated with them.

Starting a "Holy War" with the current ferver of anti-American hatred is as seen in our current state of global weakness, the time for land grabs and regional control.

The family of Saud, is not stupid (I did like the Mafia connection) and they are acting with "implied consent" exempt from their US handlers.

As far as a UW approach to long term sustainability. Thirteen years ago today, a handful of Saudi hijackers crashed four American airplanes into US financial and military headquarters and started a ball rolling we have been chasing ever since.

Think about it?

Just an opinion.

When I think of "know your enemy" regarding the Arab people, I can't help but think of this article:

WESTERN INFLUENCE ON ARAB MILITARIES: POUNDING SQUARE PEGS INTO ROUND HOLES
BY NORVELL B. DE ATKINE MARCH 18, 2013

http://www.gloria-center.org/2013/03...o-round-holes/

To me it looks like the collapse of arbitrary Arab states(Iraq) is coinciding with the collapse/failure of western emulating Arab militaries and the rise of a largely decentralized Arab/Islamic flavored smart phone equipped Khmer Rouge.

I just don't see western construct emulations surviving beyond the departure of western influence and aid.

They are already of questionable performance WITH western influence and aid.

Even with the US disengaging from the region and it's reliance on GCC energy waning(albeit no guarantee of permanence), do you allow an Islamic Khmer Rouge to seize globally relevant oil fields?

On the topic of the Khmer Rouge, would Cambodian Norodom Sihanouk and his bouncing around amongst the US, China, and the Khmer Rouge be worth studying on maybe what might be expected from ruling families if ISIS floods the GCC?

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One thing I am keen on watching is if public perceptions/opinions on countering ISIS mirrors the changes to public perceptions/opinions on the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill a few years back.

Everyone went nuts protesting it. Then the price of energy exploded and shot past $110 a barrel within 12 months. All those SUV gas hog driving part-time Greenies shut up REAL quick.

I wonder how public perception will change towards taking the gloves off IF pump prices start to hurt.

I suspect opposition to aggressive kinetic action will fade if climbing pump prices are perceived to be related.

Will rising pump prices provide scope for a temporary permit(if not a license) to kill?

And if so, would the permit come too late?

For me the pump prices shouldn't go up, yet they will. But I hear what you're saying. I feel the world, Arab League, and even OPEC should have been doing something about the stealing of oil on the "black market." With all the open sorce reporting and articles you know who is buying it and general amounts they are getting them per barrel at.

I would be targeting the trucks leaving oil refineries on top of ISI/ISIL/ISIS/IS "units and Formations."

Here's an article I find pretty interesting:

http://www.newsweek.com/2014/09/19/e...te-269247.html

I know it's Newsweek.....but I reckon they did a decent job on it.

I know Turkey is dealing with some nasty anti-secular momentum and the emasculation of the Turkish military's power to protect Ataturk's reforms and prevent the return of the caliphate.

But it's a bit of a shocker to read this article.

While a lot of it is to be expected(government tacit support , vulnerable underclass, and islamic civil war on the border), the volume of recruiting in Turkey is frightening.

And leaves me thinking Turkey might someday go full retard caliphate, or iron fisted total war Algeria.

I could see how Sahin Aktan's ex wife could be recruited into ISIS reading between the lines.

But a 25 year old Kyrgyz Christian chick going full retard ISIS, damaged goods/socially vulnerable or not, is Invasion of the Body Snatchers kind of spooky.

I'm aware a few girls in the US have done the same and been pinched(they seem to fit the same damaged goods/socially vulnerable/easily recruitable ).

I'v got my own opinions on things, but without being an SME on the topic.....I'm pretty confident pretty much everyone seems to be doing it wrong based on open source.

Who(if anyone) is doing it right?

I can understand on how a male is recruited into ISIL or into any Islamic movement. The bigger issue is how they can get females to leave their homes and families. That is the surprising one. Yes you could be right on the lines on how “same damaged goods/socially vulnerable/easily recruitable.” Just as a Drug dealer or Pimp will make a Girl “Work” for him or her.

The article that TR posted about their funding and drive behind it, makes for me of a reason. But Still.

This, Old Dog Not So New Trick
 

O.D.N.T. puts a light on what the Feds are NOT telling anyone. The implied consent. The financial and political influence of Saud.

The religous fanaticism is just a fuel, the effort is to gain control over an entire region. They are focused on the oil rich and financially supportive areas of the region.

Our basic instruction is to remember Islam is not just a religion, it is a form of governing and a form of banking. The religion is used by the governing elite to gain control of the finances. Which buy religous support, to gain control of the governed, to obtain more financial support... and on and on.

Islamic State spokesman again threatens West in new speech
By CALEB WEISS
September 21, 2014 7:39 PM
Long War Journal

Abu Muhammad al Adnani, the spokesman for the Islamic State has released a new speech today entitled "Indeed Your Lord is Ever Watchful". In this new fiery speech, al Adnani threatens not only America, but also European countries for supporting US airstrikes in Iraq against the Islamic State.

"O America, O allies of America, and O crusaders, know that the matter is more dangerous than you have imagined and greater than you have envisioned", Adnani says, "We have warned you that today we are in a new era, an era where the State, its soldiers, and its sons are leaders not slaves. They are a people who through the ages have not known defeat".

Adnani then goes on to say, "O crusaders, you have realized the threat of the Islamic State, but you have not become aware of the cure, and you will not discover the cure because there is no cure. If you fight it, it becomes stronger and tougher. If you leave it alone, it grows and expands". In the next paragraph he warns that "this campaign will be your final campaign. It will be broken and defeated, just as all your previous campaigns were broken and defeated, except that this time we will raid you thereafter, and you will never raid us. We will conquer your Rome, break your crosses, and enslave your women, by the permission of Allah, the Exalted."

Adnani then mentions President Obama directly when he says, "And O Obama, O mule of the jews. You are vile. You are vile. You are vile. And you will be disappointed, Obama. Is this all you were capable of doing in this campaign of yours? Is this how far America has reached of incapacity and weakness?"

He then warns American and European citizens for "their governments actions in Iraq". He goes to say, "O Americans, and O Europeans, the Islamic State did not initiate a war against you, as your governments and media try to make you believe. It is you who started the transgression against us, and thus you deserve blame and you will pay a great price. You will pay the price when your economies collapse. You will pay the price when your sons are sent to wage war against us and they return to you as disabled amputees, or inside coffins, or mentally ill".

Adnani then calls on Muslims who support the Islamic State from around the world to "defend the Islamic State". "So rise O muwahhid [monotheists]. Rise and defend your state from your place wherever you may be. Rise and defend your Muslim brothers, for their homes, families, and wealth are threatened and deemed lawful by their enemies."

He then calls on these Muslims to "strike the soldiers, patrons, and troops of the tawāghīt [those who cross the limits of Allah]. Strike their police, security, and intelligence members, as well as their treacherous agents. Destroy their beds. Embitter their lives for them and busy them with themselves. If you can kill a disbelieving American or European - especially the spiteful and filthy French - or an Australian, or a Canadian, or any other disbeliever from the disbelievers waging war, including the citizens of the countries that entered into a coalition against the Islamic State, then rely upon Allah, and kill him in any manner or way however it may be."

Threatening the United States or Europe in speeches is nothing new for Adnani or the Islamic State. In a recent propaganda video released earlier this week, the Islamic State threatened to "attack the White House and kill US troops".

When the Islamic State beheaded US reporters James Foley and Steven Sotloff, it said "So any attempt by you, Obama, to deny the Muslims their rights of living in safety under the Islamic Caliphate will result in the bloodshed of your people". And when the Islamic State beheaded UK aid worker David Haines, they warned, "[Britain's] evil alliance with America, which continues to strike the Muslims of Iraq and most recently bombed the Haditha Dam, will only accelerate your destruction" and "will only drag you and your people into another bloody and un-winnable war."

In a documentary released by VICE News in August, an Islamic State press officer in Raqqa went on camera saying, "Don't be cowards and attack us with drones. Instead, send your soldiers, the ones we humiliated in Iraq. We will humiliate them everywhere, God wiling, and we will raise the flag of Allah in the White House."

More importantly, in Abu Bakr al Baghdadi's first recorded speech, he threatened the United States by saying, "As for your security, your citizens cannot travel to any country without being afraid. The mujahideen have launched after your armies, and have swore to make you taste something harder than what Usama had made you taste. You will see them in your home, Allah permitting. Our war with you has only begun, so wait."

Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat...#ixzz3E50N1Gyg

From the article posted above: " You will see them in your home, Allah permitting. Our war with you has only begun, so wait."


Don't force us to fight; because you're not going to like the way we fight once the PC gloves come off. We're waiting you Satan-worshiping mfers. Bring it on if you dare!

My home???
 

I can't even take that threat seriously. All these [insert extremists group name here] guys are the same. They think they are really hard men from what they do to the those who don't possess the means to defend themselves. Then the lease comes off and they are all turned to dust.

Count Me In!!
 

We will never be able to politicize and collaborate for peace with these demons on earth....It is time humanity took back the earth from these hounds of hell!! I'm no religiously-minded man, but I can only sum up that this is a battle against the greatest type of evil humanity will ever face!

I applaud this guy for putting his money where his mouth is, but I can't help but wonder why he was discharged from the Army so early. I'm thinking a mental disorder.

Wisconsin man decides to join YPG to fight ISIS

The parallels are amazing. An unprovoked attack on American soil by a fanatical enemy who is prone to suicide missions and beheading prisoners. An enemy whose belief in their leader as a demigod and their ruthlessness in following orders and their extreme cruelty to captives. Japanese or Muslim? Take your pick. From experience, we know what stopped the Japanese and turned them into model citizens.
I am afraid that the cure for Muslim extremism will need to be more drastic. My reasoning is , the Japanese had and have many admirable social and industrial ethics which, when redirected , produced an admirable society. The Muslims on the other hand, have very little to commend them and less that will turn them into model citizens once defeated.
That Muslims are poor soldiers is a truism plain to anyone. The Israelis beat almost the entire Arab world in 6 days. America has run over the Iraqis twice without any significant bother. The Afghanis are exceptions to the rule and should be left to their own devices and only bombed into submission once every hundred years or so.
Otherwise, the path forward is plain for anyone to see, but I am afraid that America, with a crypto-Muslim leading it, is not in the right place to effect the cure.