[AlaskaErik]

If ISIS doesn't have planes, tanks, and artillery (at least in sufficient numbers) plus the lack of military training for I would guess the great majority of their fighters, how can they be expected to stand up to a modern army?

They have plenty of equipment. Half of what we gave to Iraq is now in their hands.

[driftless2]

"They have plenty of equipment."

Yeah, but not the training. And they have to be resupplied as well. And what military expertise do their leaders have? I would guess very little.

The Russkies have been fighting Muslim extremists for a long time.