Have you been keeping track of ISIS Special Forces?

For those of you that are not concerned are the reason they have achieved this whole arena of caliphate and terror. If only we would have taken action as soon as they raised their ugly little heads and chopped them off, we would have had to only utilize minimal forces, now we will get mired down against an enemy intent on bringing the apocalypse.

They're a threat, but not because of the high speed training, soccer mom convoy (that I'm guessing would be an A-10 pilot's wet dream) and combat techniques shown in the video. I don't know what the hell was going on with showing a guy performing what looked like the green belt Tae Kwon Do form. Badly. They're a threat because they don't respect any boundaries and don't have any problem killing anyone; to include women and children. They're a threat because they have mounted a somewhat successful social media campaign- that I've seen reposted on Tumblr. They're a threat because they have had some success (albeit limited) in luring stupid westerners over to fight for them. Or, clean latrines. Whatever.

The danger in these people is not in their training or skill. These IS members are all of a belief that ONLY their religion is right and that all non believers should be purged from earth. Another terrifying factor is their ability to recruit and completely turn the young. Any child able to pull a trigger is considered a soldier. Children under 16 are sent to religion camp, over are sent to military camp. These people truly believe that what they are doing is the only right thing to do, and will not stop until they achieve their goal. As to the question are they a threat.... I leave you with an analogy, Is a mother bear a threat if you stand between her and her cubs? That mother bear mindset is what these people have.

Also if you want some more insight vice has a pretty good video inside the IS, worth a watch.

Cheers boys, USN Vet

As they continue to recruit and expand the land they have taken... and merged with others on other continents...
If confronted by us on the open field of battle, they dont stand a chance... but we are in a time of unconventional warfare.

I've seen more impressive training/propaganda videos come out of Mogadishu for al Shaba'ab. While any enemy with a gun is a threat, these yahoos don't do it for me.

That clip where the man (snrrk) in the mask was doing a kata? Yeah, I think I learned that one about 25 years ago or more.

Not trying to be flippant about this group as they have taken quite a bit of turf in their own playground, but I don't see them doing much outside of their own area. Even if they liase with another group there will be infighting, internal dynamics issues, ideological problems like we have already seen that have caused other trans regional groups to fracture.

Yes, to the greatest possible extent, just as everyone in the US and the world should. Who knows who dies next from this terrorist group or a copycat group.

Yes, they are a threat. Just like Al Qaeda and the Taliban, their weapons and tactics are not impressive to say the least. They are a threat because, just like Al Qaeda and the Taliban, they are able to rely on us following rules of engagement and the Geneva Convention, and therefore, use this against us. They have been able to generate propaganda that somehow their existence is our fault, causing us to lose the support of millions of Americans. They know, like the NVA did, that while our front is impenetrable, our rear has little support that is decreasing all the while. It is there that they wage their war.

For me they are more of an immediate threat to my team. I am a military contractors with friends/co-workers in Afghanistan and the Middle East. As an AT/FPO long before 9/11 what worries me the most is that these guys are barbaric and have thrown out all the rules. Even Iran a state sponsor of terrorism is worried about them. No I know that is because the support Syria but this is a complicated subject. ISIS/ISIL is a threat, one that can be dealt with and is but still a real threat that could be coming to our backyard as we chase them into their graves in the sand. I would not lose any sleep on it here but we have not heard the last of this group.

Any force that is armed and willing to the American way of life should be viewed as a threat. ISIS may only seem laughable compared to the U.S. military now, but they are training nonetheless. Their quick and successful actions speak for themselves. We as servicemen should all be able to come to an agreement that we need to hit them fast and hit them hard before these videos manage to recruit more misguided youths into joining their organization and have ISIS grow into a force that is actually formidable. Nip it in the bud and we will be able to avoid an unnecessary bloodshed on our side.

if anything they are a threat in the fact they are more organized and attack more aggressive in a larger scale than what al qaeda was hitting us with. their skills as a whole is lacking now but someone with military experience is obviously making the attempt to train them.