Islamic State crushes and coerces on march towards Baghdad

Reuters ^ | 7/22/14 | Maggie Fick and Isra' al-Rubei'i

[only1percent]

ISIS isn’t going to conquer Baghdad.

The towns and villages that they have taken are Sunni majority and the Sunnis largely abandoned their organic militia capacity during the 2006-2008 “surge.” The Shi’ite majority Iraqi army was entirely unable to operate in those

Baghdad has significant Shi’ite militia, well-armed and passably well-trained, and if things go existential, the Shi’ite government can draw upon an unlimited resource of Iranian special and conventional forces.

[Travis McGee]

This is how Islam has spread, from the night that Mad Mo crawled out of the bat cave and barked at the moon, until today.

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The U.S. will switch to supporting Bashir Assad and form a coalition to wipe out ISIS.