Posted on 12/26/2014 8:17:04 AM PST by SunkenCiv
With ISIS continuing to hold the upper hand in Syria and Iraq, it appears that the terrorist network is planning what military strategists call a pincer movement to attack the Israeli homeland from the north and south. Three Syrian rebel groups switched loyalties to gain ISIS support for attacks on the Israeli occupied Golan Heights, according to a report by the Fiscal Times. ISIS is now able to coordinate with Egyptian ISIS-aligned terror group Ansar Bait al-Maqdis in Sinai to simultaneously pressure Israel's northern and southern borders...
Although the U.S. led Coalition Joint Task Force named "Operation Inherent Resolve" claims to have impacted ISIS command and control, resupply and maneuvering in Iraq and Syria, the number of ISIS fighters is still growing rapidly. No one is claiming that the bombing has slowed down ISIS recruiting of foreign fighters...
ISIS has been criticized by many Arabs and Sunni extremists for fighting Muslims instead of making war on Israel. A coordinated attack on Israel would be a PR bonanza for ISIS's popularity and undoubtedly would spur recruitment and funding efforts. Most of ISIS's top military commanders are former senior officers in Saddam Hussein's million man army. Facing the U.S. in the 1991 First Gulf War, Saddam hurled hundreds of Scud missiles at Israel in an effort to inflame the entire Middle East by goading the Jewish State into the Gulf War.
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ISIS is falling apart. It will become desperate and commit more atrocities, but it is doomed.
Here we go again.
Pincer movement. Wooo. Air superiority. Egyptian regular military opposition. Ooops. But...but...Allah was supposed to grant us victory against all odds...
Repeat every few decades, each time with a different intermediary for the same old Divine protection.
Allah is laughing in Hell.
They lack that canopy jungle the Viet Cong had.
You’re welcome. ISIS can’t last for many reasons, not the least of which is that Muslims can’t seem to unite for any length of time.
I hope they commit enough men and weapons there that, when they get wiped out by Israel, it will truly hurt hurt them in every way.
Is ISIS taking Hamas' place in the Obama Sinai deal?
HF
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