Quote Originally Posted by Pannonian View Post
I'm not sure which scenario would be best for our interests. That the IS should get snuffed out ASAP. Or that it should maintain a slim communications corridor so that disaffected Muslims in the west can make their way there in time to get blatted. A long running war with us sitting out might do the trick.
Well ISIS seems to have goals that can be broken, so breaking the caliphate in particular should be a priority. And crush their funding sources and propaganda network.

Quote Originally Posted by Fragony View Post
Barbarians http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/06/wo...=WT.mc_id&_r=0

How do they justifie this, surely allah must have existed before mohammed
Some sort of demonstration of their fanatical devotion. Zealots like it big and public. After deciding this, you only need to read a passage the "original way" (that none else in power has ever done before for more than 1000 years), you you're set.

In the case if ISIS, pissing everyone off might also be a point. Since they have this yarn to crate the final battle.