With the election coming up in 11 months, ISIS knows they could have a potential impact should they order France and San Berdo style attacks. If they do that would play into Trump/Cruz's hands, increasing the possibility of victory for either of them.
If they hold off until after the election, and Hillary is in office, they know she will be far easier on them (same as Obammy).
So would ISIS then decide to lie in wait until after the election?
Think of it this way, whenever someone prominent says that Muslims are prone to violence or intolerance, what do they do?
They riot and/or murder to prove that they are not violent. I hope that something like this does not happen ever again, but with over 27,000 world wide Islamic attacks since 9/11/2001, another attack happening somewhere in the world in the next three months is a given.
Been thinking about this also. As suggested above, they simply can’t help themselves. But even if they may think strategically as you describe, I think they want the fight. Why wait for the grand confrontation? Indeed, they might just want Trump.
If Obama or Hillary sent them enough money, then yeah, they’d wait.
> So would ISIS then decide to lie in wait until after the election?
You can’t predict by thinking like a Westerner. As I hear it told, Islam wants to bring about open conflict with the West, precisely because fence-sitting Muslims in the West are more likely to become radicalized if they feel the anti-Islamic heat.
Mind you, I don’t take this as a reason not to face the challenge sooner rather than later, because however bad it may be to confront now, it will be worse to confront later.
Therefore, as I understand it, getting Trump elected would suit the radicals fine. Remember, even if they lose a lot of their own in a bloodbath, they are not averse to that possibility. Think of them like the Star Trek “Borg” collective.
“So would ISIS then decide to lie in wait until after the election? “
ISIS doesn’t control the crazies that are here already.
I don’t think ISIS cares about American elections.
Been thinking about this also. As suggested above, they simply can’t help themselves. But even if they may think strategically as you describe, I think they want the fight. Why wait for the grand confrontation? Indeed, they might just want Trump.