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Death of Baghdadi Unlikely to End the Insurgency He Led (WSJ)
« on: October 27, 2019, 11:22:56 pm »
Death of Baghdadi Unlikely to End the Insurgency He Led

Isabel Coles, Jared Malsin, Warren P. Strobel
 
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The death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi deprives Islamic State of its ideological head at a time when it is reeling from the loss of its self-proclaimed caliphate and struggling to keep its extremist ideas alive.

Still, the group’s flexible hierarchy and decentralized authority has helped it replace other slain leaders quickly. Baghdadi’s death won’t be enough to end an insurgency and ideology of international terrorism that has spawned affiliated groups from Afghanistan to West Africa and remains central to the global jihadist movement.

Baghdadi “was a uniquely charismatic figure who built a terrorist state that attracted like-minded individuals around the world and exploited the power vacuum in Iraq and Syria,” said a U.S. official. “His fingerprints are all over that.”

Islamic State grew under Baghdadi into a massive proto-state that used Western social media platforms to advance the cause of radical Islam. But under attack from an array of forces backed by international powers, it survived the destruction of its self-proclaimed caliphate and transformed into an underground insurgency, stepping up car bombings and assassinations in both Iraq and Syria

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Re: Death of Baghdadi Unlikely to End the Insurgency He Led (WSJ)
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2019, 11:26:46 pm »
There's still a lot of that $150 BILLION with a 'B' that Barack Obama gave to Jarrett's goombahs in Teheran.   
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Re: Death of Baghdadi Unlikely to End the Insurgency He Led (WSJ)
« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2019, 01:00:06 am »
Well, duh-uhhhhhh! Killing OBL didn't cause A-Q types to go back goatherding either. But decapitating a loose network group like ISIS or A-Q causes reorganization and power struggle that flush more leader types into the open so they can be taken out.
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Re: Death of Baghdadi Unlikely to End the Insurgency He Led (WSJ)
« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2019, 01:10:28 am »
Have there ever been in history an end to a war when a single leader died?

Battles, perhaps.  But a war?

Lieutenants tend to fill the void relatively quickly.

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Re: Death of Baghdadi Unlikely to End the Insurgency He Led (WSJ)
« Reply #4 on: October 28, 2019, 02:32:15 am »
Quote from: IsailedawayfromFR on October 28, 2019, 01:10:28 am
Have there ever been in history an end to a war when a single leader died?

Battles, perhaps.  But a war?

Lieutenants tend to fill the void relatively quickly.

Hitler?
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Re: Death of Baghdadi Unlikely to End the Insurgency He Led (WSJ)
« Reply #5 on: October 28, 2019, 02:35:33 am »
Has anybody ever seriously claimed that?  Ever?  Of course this doesn't "end the threat."  The threat ends when they get tired of having their leaders killed.  Sure it's Whack-a-Mole, but it will eventually produce a dearth of moles.
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Re: Death of Baghdadi Unlikely to End the Insurgency He Led (WSJ)
« Reply #6 on: October 28, 2019, 02:45:25 am »
Its Whack-a-mole. If they want to be the mole we should whack them. They should pay a heavy price for their chosen career.
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Re: Death of Baghdadi Unlikely to End the Insurgency He Led (WSJ)
« Reply #7 on: October 28, 2019, 02:55:41 am »
Some people just need killing. 
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Re: Death of Baghdadi Unlikely to End the Insurgency He Led (WSJ)
« Reply #8 on: October 28, 2019, 03:01:24 am »
Captain Obvious, most folks understand the Bible foretelling of this continuous war 2000 years ago. Pick your sides now...
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Re: Death of Baghdadi Unlikely to End the Insurgency He Led (WSJ)
« Reply #9 on: October 28, 2019, 11:50:34 am »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on October 28, 2019, 02:32:15 am
Hitler?
He died well after the war was essentially lost
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Re: Death of Baghdadi Unlikely to End the Insurgency He Led (WSJ)
« Reply #10 on: October 28, 2019, 03:02:19 pm »
Quote from: IsailedawayfromFR on October 28, 2019, 11:50:34 am
He died well after the war was essentially lost

I missed the word "essentially."   :shrug:
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