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understand the enemy to defeat it
another good analysis taking into account the geopolitical and historical backdrops
http://mondediplo.com/2014/09/04islamicstate
Call me crazy, but as hard as it is to do, it is possible to empathize (not sympathize) with ISIS aka the Sunni's inferior/minority complex as driving factor
"In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him. I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves. And then, in that very moment when I love them .... I destroy them-"
~Orson Scott Card, Ender Games
On a related note, AQ has made moves to counter ISIS claim as the champion of the caliphate cause....the next 12 months is bound to be interesting for sure (job security!)
http://news.yahoo.com/al-qaeda-decla...190808390.html
http://warontherocks.com/2014/09/zaw...ter-caliphate/
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"So we can suffer, and in suffering we know who we are" David Goggins
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Der, der einen Freund verliert, verliert viel mehr;
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Last edited by frostfire; 09-08-2014 at 23:09.
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