That's pretty much the tone of this article in the LA Times on the ISIS takeover in Mosul. They are liberators, Folks and all is well (except for those few hundred people who were executed in mass graves and the 35,000 Christians who had to flee for their lives).
http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-iraq-mosul-20140624-story.html#page=1
"ISIS did act quickly and ruthlessly in certain circumstances. It's accused of looting the city's central bank of $420 million, of abducting the 49-member staff of the Turkish Consulate and of executing hundreds of mostly Shiite government security forces, reportedly by firing machine guns at them in a ditch or slitting their throats.
Residents said the militants also destroyed monuments to several local cultural icons."
(In certain circumstances) They mention this as an afterthought. Hundreds executed!
What about the Christians? What about the heads of beheaded captives being used as soccer balls?
Springtime in Germany!
From. What I read, ISIS is the largest, wealthiest, best equipped , best trained terrorist. Organization ever. Incidentally, it is also the most ideological Islamic.
ReplyDeleteThis will be our worst enemy we will have in our lifetimes.
Much ado about nothing Gary. Some reporter in Iraq sent a report, and the Times published it. Anyone reading the article could tell it is based on a few phone calls, not direct, on-site observation. And it may present salient facts, like, there is a daily civilian life in Mosul, there is involvement of Baathists, as well as ISIS, and residents of the city were glad to be rid of the Maliki regime.
ReplyDeleteNow, watch for the fallout between the ISIS leadership and the Baath leadership, somewhere down the road. Its an alliance of convenience. Should be interesting.
You know why ISIS hasn't taken on the Kurds? Because the Kurds are no pushovers. They are experienced, battle hardened, have plenty of unit cohesion, and know what they're fighting for.