This sounds like a positive development to me. The locals figuring out how to fight their own battles.
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Shiite forces from Iraq, or Iranians? Both desire a new Caliphate ruled by Iran’s Imams.
You want to send your kids over there to make sure your preferred terrorists win?
It appears Last Days Prophesy are being fulfilled...
“In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship [the Lord] together. In that day Israel will be the third, along with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing on the Earth. The Lord Almighty will bless them, saying, ‘Blessed be Egypt My people, Assyria My handiwork, and Israel My inheritance’” (Is 19:23-25).