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>>”Lets all pray this brings the civil war in Syria to an end.<<

Hope so too, and it’s very likely.

>>” And ISIS gone.”<<

ISIS may leave Syria, but ending it entirely is more challenging.

It’s worth repeating that ISIS is NOT organic to the ME, or that region. It never has been. Many ISIS fighters are not even Arabs, but an eclectic mix of people from various countries.

Their ideology is mostly Salafist (a purist form of Islam) combined with Wahhabism (similar to Al Qaeda and its offshoots). They are ALL Sunni muslims and are alt-extremists.

Their ideology is drawn from Sunni (purist) Islam & Saudi Wahhabism. Thus, their ‘spiritual’ leader is Not and cannot be a Shi’ite Ayatollah such as Khomenei in Iran.

In order to see the end of ISIS and AQ, the US & the West must ensure Saudis and Emiratis (Qatar specifically) stop ALL support to ISIS & AQ. Same goes for Turkey. The ‘support’ which must end includes:

- Funding
- Arming
- Ideological (education) indoctrination (in ME, the West, & around the world in fact)
- Radicalization camps and training

On occasions and out of necessity, the Iranian regime is known to make deals with AQ, but it’s rare and there is no tangible alliance. Russia very recently also specifically said that Iran has never cooperated with ISIS or Al Nusra (an offshoot of AQ).

Iranian regime’s support is localized to, e.g. Hezbollah (in Lebanon) and to a lesser extent Hamas and PLO. The comparison another poster here made to “IRA” and “Basque Separatists” is a fairly good one.

I am sure that Khomenei is only one of the spiritual leaders in the Middle East. The Iranian connection to the groups that caused the civil war in Lebanon are well known.

I just want the wars to be over, and our military to be brought home and out of harm’s way, and I’d prefer that the Religion of Peace sharia law worshipers stay the heck out of our country.