Posted on 06/29/2014 9:20:56 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
After months of gaining territory, weapons, and cash, ISIS is putting its global credibility on the line in a play that could backfire spectacularly.
On Sunday morning, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS, or ISIL, if you must) pronounced the reformation of the caliphate—the historical Islamic state that once stretched over much of the modern-day Muslim world—with ISIS emir Abu Bakr al Baghdadi as the man in charge.
It’s arguably the boldest move yet by the group, which renamed itself simply The Islamic State. But if ISIS isn’t careful, this could be the moment when all of its gains in Iraq and Syria are squandered; when would-be allies are alienated; and when the group’s critics within the jihadi community were proven right all along.
In the statement—released in Arabic, English, German, French, and Russian—ISIS claimed that it had fulfilled all the legal requirements for the caliphate and that all existing jihadi groups and indeed all Muslims around the world were religiously obligated to swear loyalty to the new Caliph Ibrahim (using the name provided by ISIS in the course of proving that Baghdadi has the required lineage for the title).
Prior to this pronouncement, my assessment was that there was almost no way ISIS could exit June in worse shape than it entered the month, and that still holds. But July is beginning to look like an open question. ISIS, an al Qaeda breakaway group, had made a bold move to seize territory in Iraq that had resulted in tremendous gains in both equipment and money. Even if it lost all of the territory it gained in June, it would still retain many of those spoils, with new clout, status and physical assets to compete with the other jihadi groups operating in Syria and near the Iraq border....
(Excerpt) Read more at thedailybeast.com ...
Given that ISIS is trying to bypass Bahgdad, and grab the Shiite holy cities of Najaf and Karbala, Shiite Iran will undoubtedly be in on the fight bigtime. They may act directly or they may match the financing that ISIS has managed to steal. Give their strong statement that all Muslims must take a loyalty oath, and that they do not consider Shia true Islam. Sunni Saudi Arabia is against them and the Shia portions of SA and Bahrein will be against them. THey truely have bitten a poison reptile.
In Hitler’s case it ended with 50 million dead worldwide and him dead too. This may turn out to be like the Christian 30 year’s war which was so deadly.
The Egyptian goddess, mother of HORUs(the hawked face god) said to be the god of war..
Its a bold move—it may win all or kill the movement. We shall see how this works out. They are bold and driven. Not your common house hold brand of terrorists.
follow the money all the way back to Obama. They were previously called Syrian “freedom fighters” since Obama was supporting rebels (albeit Al Qaida rebels) and they became what is known as ISIS.
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And, the same Muslim terriorists that McCain and Graham wanted the US to provide arms and money to...
It depends on what the definition of "is" is.
If this is the ultimate manifestation of Islam, then we are watching their ultimate march into the ash can of history. Western Civilization will only be patient enough for them to catch up to the advances of human progress. However, when their answer is to destroy human progress to level the playing field, that is something that starts talk about their extermination.
Any of you who want to understand better what declaring the "Caliphate" means...... read Joel Rosenberg's series: The Twelfth Imam, The Tehran Initiative, and Damascus Countdown.
Although they are novels, they will give you a very good picture of what this is all about and from a good conservative voice.
For a liberal at the Daily Beast declaring an Islamic state is the boldest move. The military blitz, 1,700 executions in a day and crucifixions -not so much.
“Wonder when Barry will bow to the new Caliphate?”
By his SILENCE on the beheading and killing of Christians and burning of churches over there, he has already bowed..................Just my opinion.
What’s the big deal in renaming a state?
We have just renamed Texas to Texaco and our new residents from the sough just love it.
/sarc
ISIS, Al Queda, Muzzies, what’s the difference, let the ba$tard all get on the field and fight it out with each other till death, then go eliminate the “survivor”.
Odumbo has brought this mess on the entire world by allowing it (more like encouraging it) to happen.
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