Islamic State Crisis Megathread (ISIS/ISIL/IS)

[Socialist Czechia]

You fail to see my point? What point? I was merely making the observation that some would say America's borders were drawn without the say of the people actually living there (the Native Americans) just as you believe Iraq's was. Nothing more or less.

Native Americans weren't citizens of the U.S. The borders were drawn by the U.S Govt for the people of the U.S. Iraq's borders were drawn by a foreign power (Britain), without the say of the Iraqis or consideration of their cultural divisions, and then decided to not have anything to do with the place.

Because Britain had no desire to make Arabs or Persians stronger, more united and Kurds were too small and too unimportant to support. Forgotten and condemned to another foreign rule, like Armenians.
British never cared about long term solutions, if something worked more or less already, why to change it?

Which is sad, considering how easily it could be done better after destruction of Ottoman Empire. Now, it'll be much more complicated.

[Salus Maior]

Native Americans weren't citizens of the U.S. The borders were drawn by the U.S Govt for the people of the U.S. Iraq's borders were drawn by a foreign power (Britain), without the say of the Iraqis or consideration of their cultural divisions, and then decided to not have anything to do with the place.

Because Britain had no desire to make Arabs or Persians stronger, more united and Kurds were too small and too unimportant to support. Forgotten and condemned to another foreign rule, like Armenians.
British never cared about long term solutions, if something worked more or less already, why to change it?

Which is sad, considering how easily it could be done better after destruction of Ottoman Empire. Now, it'll be much more complicated.

From what I've heard, the Ottomans were pretty good at administrating Iraq, and administered the 3 regions separately.

[Socialist Czechia]

Because Britain had no desire to make Arabs or Persians stronger, more united and Kurds were too small and too unimportant to support. Forgotten and condemned to another foreign rule, like Armenians.
British never cared about long term solutions, if something worked more or less already, why to change it?

Which is sad, considering how easily it could be done better after destruction of Ottoman Empire. Now, it'll be much more complicated.

From what I've heard, the Ottomans were pretty good at administrating Iraq, and administered the 3 regions separately.

Because they often 'administrated' it like Germans 'administrated' Reichskomissariats.

It depended on particular sultan, but generally, they didn't allow nothing else but total obedience to sultan. Occasional massacres and mass murders were usually enough to silence people.

Chios massacre, 1822, is fine example:

Approximately three-quarters of the population of 120,000 were killed, enslaved or died of disease.[7][8] It is estimated that 2,000 people remained on the island after 21,000 managed to flee, 52,000 were enslaved and 52,000 massacred.[9] Tens of thousands of survivors dispersed throughout Europe and became part of the Chian Diaspora.

[Bulrosia]

Would anyone find it at least a little amusing to send Ratko Mladić to tackle ISIS as an idea?

[Napkiraly]

Would anyone find it at least a little amusing to send Ratko Mladić to tackle ISIS as an idea?

Ah yes more genocidal warlords running around the place. Great idea.

[West Aurelia]

Iraqi officials have to dig up IS mass graves to retrieve the bodies.

[Bulrosia]

Would anyone find it at least a little amusing to send Ratko Mladić to tackle ISIS as an idea?

Ah yes more genocidal warlords running around the place. Great idea.

It would be golden to see Serb paramilitaries remove Kebab and establish an Orthodox state in M.E.

*NODS*

[West Aurelia]

Spanish police arrest 10 (AP) or 11 (Reuters) suspected IS members.

[Washington Resistance Army]

Spanish police arrest 10 (AP) or 11 (Reuters) suspected IS members.

Damn, good job Spain. Glad they didn't get to carry out any attacks.

[West Aurelia]

IS frees 227 Yazidis.

[Gauthier]

IS frees 227 Yazidis.

After killing how many more?

[Vikingardr]

ISIS destroys historical sites and loots museums

Nice ISIS... Apparently they promote "idolatry and apostatism"... I don't know about you but no one in the middle east worships Mesopotamian gods anymore

[Napkiraly]

ISIS destroys historical sites and loots museums

Nice ISIS... Apparently they promote "idolatry and apostatism"... I don't know about you but no one in the middle east worships Mesopotamian gods anymore

Though I hope Ereshkigal resurrects Gilgamesh to sort out ISIS.

[Vikingardr]

ISIS destroys historical sites and loots museums

Nice ISIS... Apparently they promote "idolatry and apostatism"... I don't know about you but no one in the middle east worships Mesopotamian gods anymore

Though I hope Ereshkigal resurrects Gilgamesh to sort out ISIS.

As do I... Imagine if Gilgamesh goes and butcher's ISIS and Al-Baghdadi? That'd be awesome

[Ganos Lao]

IS frees 227 Yazidis.

After killing how many more?

You mean, after killing how many more of the men and after exploiting how many of the women and children. The article there says one mother's children were kept as she was let go. No doubt her daughters will be sex slaves and the boy will grow up to fritter his life away, perhaps quite explosively.

[The balkens]

After killing how many more?

You mean, after killing how many more of the men and after exploiting how many of the women and children. The article there says one mother's children were kept as she was let go. No doubt her daughters will be sex slaves and the boy will grow up to fritter his life away, perhaps quite explosively.

Life in Isis: all the death, none of the rewards.

[Napkiraly]

Though I hope Ereshkigal resurrects Gilgamesh to sort out ISIS.

As do I... Imagine if Gilgamesh goes and butcher's ISIS and Al-Baghdadi? That'd be awesome

I'd start worshiping the Mesopotamian deities at that point.

[West Aurelia]

Canada begins airstrikes in Syria.

[West Aurelia]

Sweden sends troops to train Iraqi forces.

[Papait]

ISIS destroys historical sites and loots museums

Nice ISIS... Apparently they promote "idolatry and apostatism"... I don't know about you but no one in the middle east worships Mesopotamian gods anymore

well, actually some sufis consider several mesopotamian sites to be sacred

[West Aurelia]

TV5 Monde hacked by IS.

US man arrested for trying to join IS.

Ex-NATO veterans are set to train peshmerga fighters.

[Busen]

Sweden sends troops to train Iraqi forces.

This will mean the Iraqis will suffer more defeat and since there are many ISIS supporters in Sweden probably get even demoralised.

[Washington Resistance Army]

Sweden sends troops to train Iraqi forces.

This will mean the Iraqis will suffer more defeat and since there are many ISIS supporters in Sweden probably get even demoralised.

That literally makes no sense.

[Busen]

This will mean the Iraqis will suffer more defeat and since there are many ISIS supporters in Sweden probably get even demoralised.

That literally makes no sense.

The point: Swedish army=weak.

[Washington Resistance Army]

That literally makes no sense.

The point: Swedish army=weak.

And you're basing this off of what exactly?