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Shut up, you racist prick! You have too high opinion of yourself, obviously.
ISIS is a former AQ.
ISIS is an arm of al Nusra, which is the Syrian arm of AQ. Then ISIS outgrew Nusra and wanted to absorb it. Nusra declined, hence the rift between AQ and ISIS.
However there is continuous effort to mend the ties between Nusra-AQ and ISIS as a united front against Syria. The US is working for this using Turkey and Israel.
Israel is contributing the ISIS by killing the key commanders who fight the ISIS.
The US does not wish the ISIS to disappear. It just want it to be contained.
For many geopolitical reasons, China will never take part in the US' proxy war.
I didn't know about this till now. Thanks for sharing.
I think those can't fight.
That was a very thought provoking analysis. The one issue we forget is the origin of ISIS in the area is feeding of the people's unhappiness with the governance. The number of innocent people killed by the Syrian Government and army needs to be accounted for and the Syrian government taken out and the moderate minds need to replace them. There are many who have no links to ISIS and are stuck fighting Assad on one side and ISIS on the other. These are the people that the coalition needs to back not just in words or supplies but with troops on the ground.IMHO, the one to lead any campaign in this mess, should be a Muslim country, one that can stand as a beacon of Islam righteousness, the true opposite to ISIS's sinister image.
The US should lead the fight against ISIS including boots on the ground. Does anyone think ISIS would have had a chance in hell under Saddam's regime? And who toppled Saddam under false pretenses, upsetting the balance in the region, and creating utter chaos in an already volatile area that culminated in a massacre in Paris a few weeks ago?
China's only job with regards to ISIS is to sit back and do this:
Guys relax. It's true that China don't have to get involved in this mess given the current situation, I don't want to see China to face so many enemies at the same time, but there is uncertainty in the next few decades, just like nobody in China 10 years ago (maybe 3-5 years ago)could expect that there are so many terror activities and how drastically China's global interest is expanding nowadays. We want to keep peace and don't want China into the trouble, but if China has to fight for her people and interest, please don't hesitate, why learn from Qing Empire?
ISIS has been a former arm of Al Nusra/AQ. Later they got into infighting, and ISIS outgrew Nusra. Then the two sides started the takfir business.
But, recently, they seem to have reached a certain level of understanding.
Israel has recently killed several Iranian and Hezbollah commanders who were very active in fighting ISIS. The killing took place inside Syria. Israel is said to got the intel from al Nusra.
Thus, indirectly, Israel has been assisting the ISIS.
Remember, there has been no ISIS attack against Israel (and hope will never be against Israeli civilians), although the rhetoric is anti-Israel.
The US, Israel, Turkey and other Gulf states do not want the ISIS to be destroyed because they are the only effective weapon to use against Assad. The FSA is in ruins. They have serious infighting as well fighting between their supporting governments.
ISIS will be kept alive at least until Assad is thrown.
ISIS's lineage is formed in 1999, in Jordan as a militiant group to topple Jordian government. Before US invaded Iraq, they already exist in Iraq before 2003 and probably sanctioned by Saddam as they are on the same side, which explain why Iranian oppose to ISIS so actively.