Posted on Nov 26, 2015
COL Mikel J. Burroughs
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Why Isn’t ISIS Afraid of Attacking the West Will Lead to Invasion of Its Middle East Regions?

RP Members do you agree with the author?

http://dailysignal.com/2015/11/20/why-isnt-isis-afraid-attacking-west-will-lead-to-invasion-of-its-middle-east-regions/

ISIS, Russia, Iran, and China all share a common concern: the United States. In short, it’s a problem. As conventional states, three of them have a view of how the world ought to be organized, but America stands in their way. They all also have the same idea—to win without fighting.

Of the four, ISIS has shown that it is the least risk-averse. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and his boys have sent clear signals they are willing to bloody the other side and risk America’s wrath. Likely as not, ISIS believes that the caliphate can get away with it.

Of course, in a way, ISIS is already fighting the rest of the world. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., noted in a recent interview that “we have done about 8,000” bombing runs against the caliphate. Further, the U.S. has given aid and support to groups fighting ISIS, as well as putting a small number of special operations forces in harm’s way. Still, the U.S. has refrained from confronting ISIS directly on the field of battle.

That the U.S. government has no interest in going back to Iraq suits ISIS just fine. The one fight ISIS can’t win is a battle for territorial control against a superior conventional military force.


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I question the very premise of this question. Most research out there shows that there is nothing ISIS wants more than the West to invade their territories. It is part of the prophesy of their path towards Armageddon. ISIS would love to have an American soldier on every street corner in their territory. It supports their battle cry and makes it a lot easier than attacking Soldiers in the United States where they have very little support.
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LTC Yinon Weiss I agree! Thanks for commenting - Hope you had a Great Thanksgiving!
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Considering that we were there, and they already had plenty of opportunities, what would change?
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You may be right, LTC Yinon Weiss! If we tear across the world to fight them and the terrorist have infiltrated the refugees, we may see immediate responses in the US, which might be their pseudo-strategy to begin with. The current cry is to let them in, I still believe those shouting the loudest will be the most silent when they start terrorizing our streets. If that happens under an R president, you can rest assured the left will say it was the R's fault for allowing terror in the US. Vicious circle? No, politics!
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Erin Nelson
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ars Scholars in addressing the question of the Harlot, and in argument with each other, tirelessly have sought for secret answers to that which is plain and was not hidden.

Yet for all their arguing, there is this one prevailing aspect to which they have managed to agree. Although Rome was the prevailing pagan power in the 1st century when the Book of Revelation was written,
The symbolism of the whore of Babylon refers not to an invading infidel of foreign power, but to an apostate false queen, a former "bride" who has been unfaithful and who, even though she has been divorced and cast out because of unfaithfulness, continues to falsely claim to be the "queen"

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24Now then, my sons, listen to me; pay attention to what I say.
25Do not let your heart turn to her ways or stray into her paths.
26Many are the victims she has brought down; her slain are a mighty throng.
27Her house is a highway to the grave, leading down to the chambers of death

I Purport to you that in fact Babylon rather some metaphor hinting implications towards varying cites, that Babylon indeed refers to Babylon. It is agreed among varying faiths and nations that Babylon has a two fold meaning as a person and also as a place. The place being Babylon who then is person figure of the great whore. who or what is the harlot,

Queen Isis
Here is the wisdom in signs and in knowledge given by which in knowing the signs to understanding, in that understanding we are made to see

Rev 17
4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:

5 And upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon The Great, The Mother Of Harlots And Abominations Of The Earth.

And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth

Revelations Chapter 18
1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.

2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen

7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,

10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.

16 And saying, Alas, alas that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!

Wikipedia states
The Whore of Babylon or Babylon the Great is a person figure and also a place which became a great evil amentioned in the Book of Revelation in the Bible. Her full title is given as "Babylon the Great, the Mother of Prostitutes and Abominations of the Earth.
The Whore is associated with the antichrist and the beasts of Revelations by connection with a equally evil city, The Word Whore can also be translated as idolotress, or one that has caused others to commit the blasphemous act of idol worship

Many Scholars and Theologeon have argued that Babylon is a metaphor that is identifying Rome while others claim it as a metaphor referring to Jerusalem. Lets take a step back for one moment at the things we know from the above referenced scripture
A. The symbolism of the whore of Babylon refers not to an invading infidel of foreign power, but to an apostate false queen, a former "bride" who has been unfaithful and who, even though she has been divorced and cast out because of unfaithfulness, continues to falsely claim to be the "queen"
Revelations 17:5 And upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon The Great, The Mother Of Harlots And Abominations Of The Earth.
Revelations 18:7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.


Revelations 17:4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
Revelaions 18:16 And saying, Alas, alas that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth
Revelations 18:2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen

Additionally lets us look at the following
Revelations 16:2 “And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.”

The image map from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and the National Center for Atmospheric Research shows the vast decrease in fresh water in 2008, which continues today. This loss has occurred over the last decade and amounts to over 144 cubic kilometers of water lost from these ancient river basins, which include vast areas in Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.
The ISIS Connection
Revelations 17:5 And upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon The Great, The Mother Of Harlots And Abominations Of The Earth.

A. An apostate false queen, a former "bride" who has been unfaithful and who, even though she has been divorced and cast out because of unfaithfulness, continues to falsely claim to be the "queen"

It is important to understand that the word whore or harlot is also utilized in the description of Idolatry or one that leads another into idolatry.
Queen ISIS
Though I am worshipped in many aspects, known by countless names ... the Egyptians who excel in ancient learning and worship call me by my true name...Queen Isis.[31]
The Roman writer Apuleius recorded aspects of the cult of Isis in the 2nd century CE, including the Navigium Isidis and the mysteries of Isis in his novel The Golden Ass
According to Apuleius, these other names include manifestations of the goddess as Ceres, "the original nurturing parent"; Heavenly Venus (Venus Caelestis); the "sister of Phoebus", that is, Diana or Artemis as she is worshipped at Ephesus; or Proserpina (GreekPersephone) as the triple goddess of the underworld.[32] From the middle Imperial period, the title Caelestis, "Heavenly" or "Celestial", is attached to several goddesses embodying aspects of a single, supreme Heavenly Goddess. The Dea Caelestis was identified with the constellation Virgo (the Virgin), who holds the divine balance of justice.
Late antiquity

The cult of Isis was part of the syncretic tendencies of religion in the Greco-Roman world of late antiquity. The names Isidoros and Isidora in Greek mean "gift of Isis" (similar to "Theodoros", "God's gift").

The sacred image of Isis with the Horus Child in Rome often became a model for the Christian Mary carrying her child Jesus and many of the epithets of the Egyptian Mother of God came to be used for her.[34]

Greco-Roman temples

On the Greek island of Delos a Doric Temple of Isis was built on a high over-looking hill at the beginning of the Roman period to venerate the familiar trinity of Isis, the Alexandrian Serapis and Harpocrates. The creation of this temple is significant as Delos is particularly known as the birthplace of the Greek gods Artemis and Apollo who had temples of their own on the island long before the temple to Isis was built.

In the Roman Empire, a well-preserved example was discovered in Pompeii. The only sanctuary of Isis (fanum Isidis) identified with certainty in Roman Britain is located in Londinium (present-day London).[33]

The religion of Isis thus spread throughout the Roman Empire during the formative centuries of Christianity. Wall paintings and objects reveal her pervasive presence at Pompeii, preserved by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE. In Rome, temples were built (such as the Temple of Isis and Serapis) and obelisks erected in her honour. In Greece, the cult of Isis was introduced to traditional centres of worship in Delos, Delphi, Eleusis and Athens, as well as in northern Greece. Harbours of Isis were to be found on the Arabian Sea and the Black Sea. Inscriptions show followers in Gaul, Spain, Pannonia, Germany, Arabia, Asia Minor, Portugal and many shrines even in Britain.[26] Tacitus interprets a goddess among the Germanic Suebi as a form of Isis whose symbol (signum) was a ship.[27] Bruce Lincoln regards the identity of this Germanic goddess as "elusive".[28]

After the conquest of Egypt by Alexander the Great and the Hellenization of the Egyptian culture initiated by Ptolemy I Soter, Isis became known as Queen of Heaven.[21] Other Mediterranean goddesses, such as Demeter, Astarte, and Aphrodite, became identified with Isis, as did the Arabian goddess Al-‘Uzzáthrough a similarity of name, since etymology was thought to reveal the essential or primordial nature of the thing named.[22] An alabaster statue of Isis from the 3rd century BCE, found in Ohrid, in the Republic of Macedonia, is depicted on the obverse of the Macedonian 10 denar banknote, issued in 1996.[23]

Tacitus writes that after the assassination of Julius Caesar, a temple in honour of Isis had been decreed, but was suspended by Augustus as part of his program to restore traditional Roman religion. The emperor Caligula, however, was open to Eastern religions, and the Navigium Isidis, a procession in honor of Isis, was established in Rome during his reign.[24] According to the Jewish historian Josephus, Caligula donned female garb and took part in the mysteries he instituted. Vespasian, along with Titus, practised incubation in the Roman Iseum. Domitian built another Iseum along with a Serapeum. In a relief on the Arch of Trajan in Rome, the emperor appears before Isis and Horus, presenting them with votive offerings of wine.[24] Hadrian decorated his villa at Tibur with Isiac scenes. Galerius regarded Isis as his protector.[25]

Isis Nursing Horus,[14] theWalters Art Museum
During the Old Kingdom period, the pantheons of individual Egyptian cities varied by region. During the5th dynasty, Isis entered the pantheon of the city of Heliopolis. She was represented as a daughter of Nut and Geb, and sister to Osiris, Nephthys, and Set. The two sisters, Isis and Nephthys, often were depicted on coffins, with wings outstretched, as protectors against evil. As a funerary deity, she was associated with Osiris, lord of the underworld, and was considered his wife.

Rare terracotta image of Isis lamenting the loss ofOsiris (eighteenth dynasty)Musée du Louvre, Paris
A later myth, when the cult of Osiris gained more authority, tells the story of Anubis, the god of the underworld. The tale describes how Nephthys was denied a child by Set and disguised herself as her twin, Isis, to seduce him. The plot succeeded, resulting in the birth of Anubis.

In fear of Set's retribution, Nephthys persuaded Isis to adopt Anubis, so that Set would not find out and kill the child. The tale describes both why Anubis is seen as an underworld deity (he becomes the adopted son of Osiris), and why he could not inherit Osiris's position (as he was not actually the son of Osiris but of his brother Set), neatly preserving Osiris's position as lord of the underworld.

With Temples All Over the World and known by so many names
Idols of her many aspects found with the kings of ages, scattered across places and time, including temples in London England. ISIS certainly fits the filling of these descriptions. Nimrod referred to her as ISHTAR .more than 2000 years before the time of christ, in 1996 Macedonia incorporates the image of ISIS on the face of their currency.
Now we are faced in almost daily occurrences of extreme violence against all nations in her name ISIS, seeking to reclaim her lands, to the glory of ancient babylon. This then is of what the angel speaks regarding the opening of the 7th seal and beginning of Armageddon.

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Because of our "leader," we are looked as a weak country now. Obama continues to say the same words over and over and over. "Now now, if you cross the red line, I'll make sure you sit in the corner." Once the FRENCH jumped in, I was done. Total disbelief. We are doing nothing...not until another Pearl Harbor (9/11) happens. WWII all over again. We are sitting ducks. I despise it. COL Mikel J. Burroughs

And because the article isn't badmouthing any republicans, OF COURSE it's questioned as being "reliable."
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Good point and good to see you back on RP also.
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Some might try to push me back off with their petty insults, lol. Because I don't believe the way they do. ATTACK! Ugh c'est la vie. PO1 John Miller
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The primary reason the leadership of ISIS/ISIL/Daesh is not trembling in their sandals/boots while they attack the west goes back to the same reason al qaeda wasn't afraid of attacking the west COL Mikel J. Burroughs,
ISIS and al qaeda are not nations in fact they occupy territory in nations which despise them. In order for the west or Russia to attack ISIS, we must attack territory of 3rd party nations such as Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Mali and Pakistan.
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