Iraq: Out of the desert into Mosul (closed)

[JWing]

There may be a silver lining. It is easy to claim to be jihadists fighting towards the goal of a world-wide caliphate. It is another to actually try to govern this new world-wide caliphate. The wanting is often more pleasant (and easier) than the having. Let’s see how well Al Qaeda actually governs territory.

They already do in Raqqa, Syria. ISIS is serious about setting up a state. They are not like AQI who just wanted to sow chaos.