Posted on 09/16/2014 1:10:18 PM PDT by mojito
The Islamic State (Isis) is without question a very brutal extremist group with origins in the insurgency of the United States occupation of Iraq. It has rapidly ascended to global attention by taking control of swaths of territory in western and northern Iraq, including Mosul and other major cities.
Based on my experience as an all-source analyst in Iraq during the organization’s relative infancy, Isis cannot be defeated by bombs and bullets – even as the fight is taken to Syria, even if it is conducted by non-Western forces with air support.
I believe that Isis is fueled precisely by the operational and tactical successes of European and American military force that would be – and have been – used to defeat them. I believe that Isis strategically feeds off the mistakes and vulnerabilities of the very democratic western states they decry. The Islamic State’s center of gravity is, in many ways, the United States, the United Kingdom and those aligned with them in the region.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
Well, my first thought was, “Yeah, lets take advice from a traitor with gender identity issues”.
But I always try to look beyond my knee jerk reaction, so I read the whole thing. Now while there may be some truth to the idea that once they actually control an area they will alienate the Sunnis who support them. That happened when Al Qaeda in Iraq took over Fallujah. However that wasn’t enough to make them go away. Ultimately it took the Marines going door to door and rooting them out.
The pink gown is very flattering, but it would seem that Manning has been doing a lot of working out while in prison. He’s much more buff in that dress.
Johnny Jihad Lindh also contributed to this piece.
LOL! Don’t you just hate know-it-alls?!
This is good for a laugh! Go see the picture! This fool who had his schmeckel chopped off and got a perm for his long hair is now telling us how to fight the bearded headchoppers?
Oh, my God. CHELSEA MANNING? This is beyond absurd. What does she/he/it know about anything anywhere at any time? Total airhead.
More ahistorical bullcrap.
These small army formations using tactics borrowed from the Imperial Japanese Army are the tip of an iceberg.
Below the water looms the House of Saud and the Deobandist ISI establishment. Saudia Arabia and Pakistan are the enemy center of gravity.
Conquer and subjugate them, and the problem goes away. Keep bombing small groups of enemy soldiers (I refuse to use the “T-word”, which confuses us) and you will do it either forever or until they win.
Wahabism-Deobandism is like State Shinto. It will not go away until the American flag flies over Riyadh and Islamabad, and the Punjab and Sindh are re-united with Mother India.
Everything else is just b***s***.
That's good, but you also need to shut down the production line. Approximately 35% of the Saudi population is under 18. For Pakistan, that's 40%.
Sounds like it’s “Chelsea’s” time of the month.As Bugs Bunny would say...”what a maroon!”
How about Obozo pardons this Manning freak and appoint him as a special envoy to the Islamic State? Two problems solve with one set of airline tickets.
That’s 1.6 billion people over vast areas of the planet.
You and which army?
The population of Yemen was about 24 million according to June 2011 estimates, with 46% of the population being under 15 years old
It’s like this over much of the Islamic world. They can make them faster than we can kill them.
Bradley Manning says ‘Let ISIS Succeed.’ I say ‘Shut That Cell Door!’
http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/09/16/Chelsea-Manning-says-let-ISIS-succeed-I-say-shut-that-cell-door
The treasonous transvestite speaks! The word from Bradlie Manning.
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