The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant Megathread

[Jacob]

http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2015/02/what-isis-really-wants/384980/

Amazing article.

Pretty interesting, yeah.

It's kind of amusing to note that ISIL is counting on Jesus to lead them to victory.

[Valmy]

Pretty interesting, yeah.

It's kind of amusing to note that ISIL is counting on Jesus to lead them to victory.

Man that would certainly be a shocker to my church.

[Jacob]

Pretty interesting, yeah.

It's kind of amusing to note that ISIL is counting on Jesus to lead them to victory.

Man that would certainly be a shocker to my church.

Yeah, but on the other hand it seems like there's a lot of common ground between certain doomsday inclined Christians and Muslims.

[Jacob]

http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2015/02/what-isis-really-wants/384980/

Amazing article.

Is that any different to what I've been saying for ages, that it's a suicide death cult?

It's a little more in-depth than your usual analysis, mongers

[Valmy]

Yeah, but on the other hand it seems like there's a lot of common ground between certain doomsday inclined Christians and Muslims.

I was going to type something about that, about how unlikely it is that Westerners truly cannot comprehend what ISIS is all about because we have nutter groups like that throughout history.  The whole 'murder until the apocalypse comes along purifying us all' is an idea that is not exactly unique to the Muslims.

But I decided it was not necessarily a path I wanted to go down.

But that does not begin to explain how returning from the dead to lead the ISIS army would fundamentally conflict with our concept of Jesus 

[Ed Anger]

Pontus Pilate will come back to lead the West's armies.

[Valmy]

Pontus Pilate will come back to lead the West's armies.

Hehe.

I was thinking Christians would seriously have to re-evaluate how they thought about that story.  'Holy shit Judas was the good guy after all.'

[Admiral Yi]

For the Latin scholars: is Pilate pronounced Pilot or Pilate(s)? Or Pilatey?

[mongers]

For the Latin scholars: is Pilate pronounced Pilot or Pilate(s)? Or Pilatey?

As in type of exercise.

[Admiral Yi]

Danke

[mongers]

Just seen a news item where the interviewer asks ex-Danish PM Rasmussen; "more than 100 jihadis have left from Denmark, what does that say about Danish society" 




Wacky idea, maybe it says absolutely nothing?

[Admiral Yi]

Totally agree.

[Ed Anger]

Dubya pops out of his hole, sees shadow. 6 more weeks of winter.

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/02/george-w-bush-iraq-anbar-115155_Page2.html#.VOKuYoE8KK0

Too long to post here.

[Jacob]

Totally agree.

Me too.

I'm kinda sympathetic to the notion in the article Spellus posted: let them go if they want to. Don't let them come back.

[celedhring]

I'm of the same mind. Better there than here.