7) Their Existence Depends On Territory (7 of 10)
7) Their Existence Depends On Territory (7 of 10)
Just like a state cannot exist without a territory, a caliphate cannot exist without a piece of land to rule on. The dependence on ISIS on a territory does not put them on the path to guaranteed failure, but it limits the scope of action America can take to destroy it. Simply uproot them from the territory. No land means no caliphate. In this sense, ISIS is radically different from other terrorist organizations.
The wars in Afghanistan significantly weakened the structures of organizations such as Taliban and al-Qaeda but did not completely thwart them from their aims. A loss of territory was nothing to either of those organizations. They simply sought newer avenues. Taliban moved to Pakistan whereas al-Qaeda found havens in Yemen and Africa. This cannot happen with ISIS. If they lose control over the land they hold, their whole raison d’être, the reason of their existence, becomes void.
This can all change in an instant if the right person gains power. Nothing is doomed until it’s over. It seems they have no shortage of income and it has to come from somewhere, so I think there are more supporters out there than we may think.
I think the only True Reason why these groups of religious fanatics won’t win because they believe in FALSE GOD AND FALSE TEACHING. The True God Of the BIBLE HELPED ITS BELIVER.
1 Kings 20:28-30 KJV
[28] And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the Lord , Because the Syrians have said, The Lord is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the Lord . [29] And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day. [30] But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Ben-hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.