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ISIS/ISIL/DAESH Are NOT easy to defeat
Reader comment on item: ISIS' Imminent Demise
Submitted by Brian O' Reilly (Ireland), Dec 7, 2015 at 09:05
I respectfully disagree that ISIS/ISIL/DAESH are an easy win with ground troops. They hold vast territories, money et al...have very sophisticated weaponry and a ZEAL unmatched by many Western armies. All that makes for a very formidable enemy that WILL take years, not months to solve/defeat. I hope YOU are right, but I think I am in this case.
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| ISIS, ¿Imminent Demise? [233 words] | Guillermo Trueba | Jan 15, 2016 13:16 | 227675 | ||
| The recognition of ISIS and its Caliphate [55 words] | Davod | Dec 30, 2015 11:08 | 227368 | ||
| Not quite [133 words] | Yehuda Poch | Dec 15, 2015 08:56 | 227074 | ||
 Fire and Wood [551 words] | Michael S | Dec 24, 2015 06:18 | 227074 | ||
| An inaccurate statement [27 words] | Geppetto | Dec 13, 2015 15:35 | 227032 | ||
| Islam and the world [60 words] | arish sahani | Dec 12, 2015 11:47 | 226994 | ||
| Must the West attack ISIS in Syria? [305 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | myth | Dec 12, 2015 05:35 | 226964 | ||
| ISIS in not self destructive [178 words] | Curtis Freedland | Dec 11, 2015 00:58 | 226915 | ||
| THE END OF ISIS [130 words] | SANDRO LOEWE | Dec 10, 2015 14:47 | 226907 | ||
| let the US military offer ISIS a compromise [139 words] | myth | Dec 8, 2015 19:45 | 226888 | ||
| some additional considerations [240 words] | Arthur Pitz, Ph.D. | Dec 8, 2015 12:58 | 226878 | ||
| Dabiq [83 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Elisha benAbuya | Dec 8, 2015 12:22 | 226877 | ||
| Dabiq [33 words] | Elisha benAbuya | Dec 12, 2015 09:58 | 226877 | ||
| Paris and Sinai [191 words] | Alex | Dec 8, 2015 12:09 | 226875 | ||
| 1 | Forget about ISIS [74 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | François Gravel | Dec 8, 2015 07:14 | 226869 | |
| 1 | ISIS cannot be squashed [605 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Michael S | Dec 8, 2015 02:58 | 226858 | |
| I'm glad we agree; but "crushing" is easier said, than done [287 words] | Michael S | Dec 12, 2015 07:13 | 226858 | ||
| 1 | ISIS or its clones will take long time before they disappear [252 words] | Prashant | Dec 7, 2015 22:34 | 226855 | |
| Now you see me, Now you don't [388 words] | P. Piper | Dec 9, 2015 16:24 | 226855 | ||
| Prashant, I agree with you entirely! [6 words] | Michael S | Dec 10, 2015 15:29 | 226855 | ||
| Limited Light at the End of the Daish Tunnel [234 words] | M Tovey | Dec 7, 2015 15:33 | 226852 | ||
| Squishy bugs. Oh my! [351 words] | Michael S | Dec 10, 2015 17:35 | 226852 | ||
| Ezekiel 28:12 et sequiter [24 words] | M Tovey | Dec 14, 2015 10:31 | 226852 | ||
| Things to come [313 words] | Michael S | Dec 17, 2015 10:14 | 226852 | ||
| Regarding predictable predictions vis-à-vis Erdogan [115 words] | Frankz | Dec 7, 2015 14:28 | 226850 | ||
| 2 | The end of Daish [66 words] | dhimmi no more | Dec 7, 2015 13:32 | 226849 | |
| 1 | That may be.... [56 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Ib1netmon | Dec 7, 2015 12:43 | 226848 | |
| 1 |  ISIS/ISIL/DAESH Are NOT easy to defeat [59 words] | Brian O' Reilly | Dec 7, 2015 09:05 | 226846 | |
| 1 | ISIS's strength [244 words] | Anon | Dec 7, 2015 01:36 | 226842 | |
| No signs of ISIS demise on the horizon yet! [24 words] | Jaladhi | Dec 6, 2015 19:53 | 226838 | ||
| 1 | a poisonous rose by many other names [249 words] | Charles Martel | Dec 6, 2015 17:46 | 226836 | |
| ISIS [2 words] | Boris | Dec 8, 2015 14:28 | 226836 | ||
| 2 | ISIS won't self-destruct for a long time [786 words] | Stephen | Dec 6, 2015 15:02 | 226832 | |
| ISIS [1 words] | Bor | Dec 8, 2015 14:34 | 226832 | ||
| ISIS' Imminent Demise? Even if they now have WMD? [1 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | jmwtcllc | Dec 6, 2015 12:34 | 226830 | ||
| Yes. Exactly. [37 words] | Doug Mayfield | Dec 6, 2015 11:39 | 226828 | ||
| 'small bug'...like Xenopsylla cheopis? [354 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Paul | Dec 6, 2015 10:54 | 226827 | ||
| Learn From ISIS [267 words] | Dave | Dec 6, 2015 10:17 | 226826 | ||
| Are you calling them "JV League"? [87 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Haim Modiano | Dec 6, 2015 09:31 | 226825 | ||
| The Real Threat [167 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Bill | Dec 6, 2015 09:24 | 226824 | ||
| Agree with Dr Pipes but... [71 words] | Anon | Dec 8, 2015 15:51 | 226824 | ||
| Unwinding Radical Islam [100 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Solomon Balas | Dec 6, 2015 08:02 | 226822 | ||
| Wahhabism and oil, a toxic mix [57 words] | Colin Rose | Dec 6, 2015 04:32 | 226817 | ||
| 1 | ISIS' Imminent Demise [96 words] | Avinoam Ben Dor | Dec 6, 2015 01:28 | 226815 | |
| The real threat. [7 words] | steven L | Dec 5, 2015 23:22 | 226814 | ||
| ISIS [28 words] | Janusz Kowalik | Dec 5, 2015 22:44 | 226813 | ||
| 1 | Wouldn't ground troops need to be deployed indefinitely? [89 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Anon. | Dec 5, 2015 17:24 | 226812 |
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