[templar]

If the islamics want the fighting to cross the border of Syria, they should keep doing this.

I think there is nothing the Islamics would like more than to see the fighting spread throught the entire region, and then the rest of the world. I think that is their intention.

[RightWhale]

That is indeed their stated intent. They probably have not thought much beyond that.

[TomasUSMC]

Some folks say they think there is nothing the Islamics would like more than to see the fighting spread through the entire region, and then the rest of the world. I think that is their intention.

That is because the Islamist see the US handcuffed with the same lame military mentality that lost us a past war in which we won all the battles. The Islamist would not be happy to see the fighting spread if it involved B52s, B1s and ICBMs, but as long as we fight their fight, using conventional limited strategy and tactics, the Islamist know they have a chance. Marines going door to door, house to house, street to street are never going to be able to cover and control all Iraq and Syria and Iran.

The Islamist are buying time, time until they are able to get their hands on more dangerous weaponry and possibly WMDs, then our kinder gentler compassionate combat strategy will produce staggering loses on our side.

Why? We learned the lesson before - we lost that war, lets not fight this one the same way.

One thing you can be certain about, when the Islamist get deadlier weapons and WMDs, they will not be hindered by ANY rules of engagement.

Time is not on our side.