Quote Originally Posted by rvg View Post
This rests on the assumption that isis will be allowed to exist as some sort of a quasi state. I don't think that will be the case as neither Iraq nor Syria would be content to maintain the status quo, and our air power will considerably worsen the situation for isis.
Syria isn't even sure what Syria will be yet, thanks to our politicking. Assad wouldn't be too happy with a strong ISIS, and were he in a stronger position he'd probably want to intervene in Iraq. But we haven't yet decided if we're going to let him live, let alone let him meddle abroad.