AQ cannot establish a “caliphate” until it takes down the Shia, who they hate more than the West or even the Christians
Ironically Iran’s military is the one that stands in its way (Syria’s military in the process of being taken down, although not having obama’s help to do so last summer under the guise of destroying chemical weapons for humanitarian reasons posed a temporary setback to “al Qaeda”))
eventually there will have to be a great muslim v muslim land clash east of the Euphrates and Tigris basin
Wouldn’t it be ironic if some future US administration tries to commit America’s military to defend Iran’s illicit nuke weapons