Posted on Jan 24, 2017
Analysis: Islamic State Is Collapsing, So Why Is It Suddenly So Successful Against Assad?
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It is a good question - but to answer it requires a bit more than the article has. The construct of the state as land is our perception... for we are terrain focused. But if the state is an ideology - perhaps it is in the mind and in its fighters - and as such - victories insure its success elsewhere. That said - Syria is in a civil war - and a victory against the Shia-Russo Alliance is as good as winning one against the Kurdish-US Alliance when looking at the operational and strategic aspects. Victories are amplified globally... no matter how small or how useful..... and understanding that aspect has not been an item that some have been able to really perceive.
Analysis: Islamic State Is Collapsing, So Why Is It Suddenly So Successful Against Assad?
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Probably because the Islamic state is not a standing army that could go toe to toe with a standing government Army.
Just my two cents, but hey if they want to try and go toe to toe with SAA/RU/TU. More power to them. It's their death wish.
Just my two cents, but hey if they want to try and go toe to toe with SAA/RU/TU. More power to them. It's their death wish.
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LTC Eric Udouj
Success has come with a price tag - and it is an operational one. To win you must be able to hold - and if you can not generate forces to hold for long term... you have a problem. So all the mercs and foreign militias and Iranian army and Hez are able to do the heavy lifting - but not enough to be everywhere... and so you lose even by winning tactically.
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"Rapidly" retaking a city (Mosul) tells me it's happening in a matter of hours or days... not months. The battle for Mosul began in mid October of 2016, much of the city is still in the hands of Daesh. The fourth coalition (Assad and friends) mentioned in this article isn't just fighting against Daesh, it's fighting Syrian rebels supported by the Turks (Coalition 1), the SDF and Kurdish fighters (coalition 2) and Daesh. Have we forgotten that all this began as a rebellion against Assad the butcher? Daesh is fighting everyone and Assad is fighting everyone except for the Iraqi army. Neither Assad nor Daesh are doing well at the moment, which is to be expected given the situation. Should be we really be surprised that the two most beleaguered groups might occasionally cooperate to ensure their survival?
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