[2ndDivisionVet]

The whole thing has a "Wag The Dog" fell to it.

[bramps]

Yes, this ‘ISIS’ entity went from unknown to chief boogeyman seemingly overnight.

[reefdiver]

Good luck to the Muslims on getting all of them to pledge allegiance to
Khalifah

Let us know how that works out for ya all

[ifinnegan]

I would recommend the Wikipedia entry and associated linked topic before the very unobjective Guardian article.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caliphate

After 9/11 I began t look at al Qaeda and associated Muslim groups and saw how they want to bring back a caliphate.

The 9/11 date was possibly chosen because it was an anniversary of a post-WWI declaration concerning the middle East by Britain.

Similarly ISIS are talking about Picot-Sykes.

There is a widely held idea that the nation states that exist now were foisted artificially on them by the west/Christians.

The liberal and left media have downplayed the idea of the Caliphate as a goal since 9/11. This Guardian article falls in to that same category.

[geologist]

“Caliph -— The secular and religious head of a Muslim state.”

“Caliphate— the office, jurisdiction, or reign of a caliph.”

[oldbrowser]

#CaliphateRestored

/ti be followed by: #CrusadesRestored

[Da Coyote]

Let ‘em kill each other. That’ll keep their primative religion busy for a while.

I really don’t give a smelly Obama about that area of the world. Should they attack us again as in 9/11, we should then respond in a manner that they will most surely not enjoy.

[silverleaf]

This is a caliphate, ISIL style



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2674736/ISIS-militants-declare-formation-caliphate-Syria-Iraq-demand-Muslims-world-swear-allegiance.html

[Fitzy_888]

Are the people doubting the caliphate will succeed discussing why ISIS, so far, has succeeded fabulously? => No.

Why has ISIS succeeded so far?

They have only gone after areas with a Sunni majority. Northern Iraq has a Sunni majority and so ISIS is greeted with parades the night they take over.

Mosul, Irak: ISIS Parade
http://youtu.be/wGpNmKCvK4A

And...ISIS has very efficient death squads and long death lists as you can see from their videos.

If ISIS should attack an area with a Shiite majority they need hundreds of men to hold what they may hold now with 4 or 5 head cutters. Why risk amazing success pursuing Shiite majority areas, Baghdad and southeast Iraq -that would be foolish.

What’s the next Sunni rich target?

By far it’s Jordan with a 95% Sunni Muslim population. => More parades!