Allow me to make a prediction that one of Zawahiri’s lieutenants is going to see which way the wind is blowing, kill the crap-stain head, and ally Al Qaeda with IS before they get totally left behind.
Baghdadi could not be having a better time
His goon, Jihadi John, has scared off the disintegrating UK, he has now proven he can shoot down military jets, potential allies are on the verge of collapsing Libya’s government in Tripoli, and his buddy Barack Obama is about to fill his armories by sending our American weapons to the ‘moderate opposition’ who will either be easily killed/run in fear, or be the Islamic State’s loyal soldiers in a month or two.
It certainly is good to be Caliph.
Sounds about right. We need to protect ourselves, no one else will.