Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-26873355-20151122184100/@comment-26908800-20151123015826

It is the classical prisoner's dilemma, realistically speaking, ISIS plans of a Western Caliphate are based more on a two pronged 'attack': classical terrorism (a la Paris) and infiltration via refugees and winning the numbers game over successive generations.

Paris was hardly taken down in one night. Right now the problem with ISIS is the geo-politics of the mid-East with the tyrranical secular regimes backed by Russia, and Saudi/Isreali interests backed by the US. The reality is that a co-ordinated effort between the EU, Russia, and the US could destory IS in about a year. Though it would require disregarding the rules of engagement and every part of the Geneva Convention.