... recent events in Ukraine could merely remain a favorable opportunity for NATO bureaucrats to pretend the alliance still matters, whereby the renewed Russian military doctrine is not that bad. NATO is the number one threat. Anyone surprised?
2. Shall the Islamic State survive?
Undoubtedly, the Islamic State is not just a 'so-called' state. It is not just another hit-and-run bunch of fanatics pretending to be 'biggest and baddest dudes on the block'. Recruitment of new jihadi ...
... manifestations of state nepotism and of protecting the Muslim community from foreign political and economic dependence as well as foreign religious and cultural influences. It is not accidental that the Caliphate and Caliph Ibrahim enjoy the support of thousands of Sunnis in cities controlled by the Islamic State.
Should the planned scenario be successfully achieved, there is a very high probability that the niche now occupied by the Islamic State will be filled by other radical Islamists.
Second, the Islamic State does not need financial support ...
... seem that U.S. and European leaders have radically revised that idea and now view war not so much as a continuation of policy as they do an alternative to it.
The most recent confirmation of this observation is Washington's bombing campaign against the Islamic State. Since operations began two weeks ago, Britain has joined the campaign and France intends to do so. Officials claim that the bombing will last for many months and possibly even two or three years.
At the same time, the West has made it clear ...
... Mahmood and Mehdi Dehnavi comment
The area that the Islamic state controls today in Iraq and in Syria is more than the territory of Great Britain?
How does Washington's decision at the beginning of the military action in Syria coincide with the refusal of the United States to send troops to fight the Islamic State in Iraq?
So far, the United States has pursued the same strategic line, that is, bombardment by aircraft and missiles of Iraqi territory, and now of Syria too. The area of air strikes is likely to expand. I would like to emphasize once again,...
... the IS was treated as a good omen by radical Islamists over the world
Associate Dean & Head, Department of International Relations at Preston University, Islamabad
War against the "Islamic State"?
Sohail Mahmood
The current position of the USA toward the Islamic State (IS) does not necessarily mean the launching of a new round of war on terror. The USA is opposing the IS but will not intervene meaningfully to stop its advancement. Britain and Saudi Arabia will be the major allies but their assistance ...
... at the end of the year, Barack Obama does not want to antagonize the House of Representatives and does not need Republican accusations that he is set to send troops back to Iraq.
For Iraq against Kurdistan
AP, Bilal Fawzi
Alexander Aksenyonok:
Jihad Erupts ... ... considers the U.S. policy in Kurdistan almost as an existential threat, no less dangerous than the one that comes emanating the Islamic State.
On certain issues, the Iranians are ready to show understanding and make allowances for U.S. interests. In particular,...
