Also, ISIS is already at Baghdad. They are effectively forming a ring around it as we speak. It will be one hell of a siege.
Also, ISIS is already at Baghdad. They are effectively forming a ring around it as we speak. It will be one hell of a siege.
Call me Cassandra
Bagdad was never a Shia stronghold, till a certain country invaded Iraq more than 10 years ago and gave them power
" In a Society like this table, a state of equilibrium, once one makes the first move, everyone must follow! In every era, this World has been operating by this napkin principle. And the one who ‘takes the napkin first’ must be someone who is respected by all. It’s not that anyone can fulfill this role… Those that are despotic or unworthy will be scorned. And those are the ‘losers"
Watched Kerry answer questions today. I like it when he essentially said 'we didn't strike ISIS when they were moving to Mosul in convey because we wanted a regime change from al-maliki'.
They aren't looking to control Baghdad just destroy it as a viable Shia capital. Thier whole campaign has been based on pushing fault lines to push sectarian civil war. Be suprised if they don't try Ramadi, but with the US bombing them they will have to change up the strategy.
Sunnis in Iraq seem stuck between a rock and hard place, between ISIS and Iran.