ISIL is small time. These loosely affiliated attacks are not really directly related to ISIL, not anymore so than MS-13 being mentioned anytime a Hispanic guy commits a crime. It's still a form of radical religious violence, but worrying about ISIL is a waste of time, they're not that impressive to be honest. The media reports on anything to get clicks and views.
Anyone concerned should just look into how much ground ISIL has been losing recently in Syria, the Peshmerga and the YPG have been embarrassing them in real combat, because ISIL, despite what you keep hearing in the media, is not that well armed and trained. They ARE intimidating to a lot of people in the Middle East, but really look at what has been happening, they've been bullying mostly pacifistic communities in Iraq and Syria, just rolling into areas with a show of force and typically not being engaged by anyone except some really half-assed state fighters who don't seem all the committed to protecting their communities (such as the many, many Iraqi soldiers and police who surrendered without fighting or simply retreated).
The Kurds are not a large force, but they're showing the world that ISIL is frankly a bunch of cowards and weak fighters. Keep in mind that both Iran and Saudi Arabia are openly against ISIL...and it is not often those two nations agree on things these days. Iran's more organized forces will help put a stop to ISIL if it comes to that. And let's be realistic, there is a reason you have not seen ISIL attempt to spread into Israel, they know it would immediately provoke a massive counter attack with the threat of nuclear weapons.
Holy fuck. This is just making me fear that they'll try to invade North America next. Not even Nazi Germany's reign, even after learning about it, made me think that.
On top of that, how the fuck were they able to get into France?
ISIL is not an army, they just try to convince people they are one, they are not invading anything, they are a glorified street gang. They formed from the remnants of Al-Qaeda's Iraqi groups which became splintered, plus a smattering of former Hussein-loyal Iraqi soldiers who survived the war. Don't fear anything, that is the only actual weapon groups like ISIL have against you. Never fear terrorists and never consider negotiating with them.
And they are absolutely nothing like the Nazi-era Wehrmacht. Hitler's Germany had an extremely well trained and funded military with some of the most high tech weaponry of that time period. They invented rocketry, they were on the brink of perfecting stealth aircraft technology and they had, on-paper, been the first to conceptualize nuclear weapons...and that is to say nothing of their naval power. If the world defeated Nazi Germany, ISIL stands no chance, ISIL is a bunch of angry pseudo-revolutionaries bullying weaker people, running around with hand-me-down junk from the cold war era that they loot from surrendering groups. The United States is the most high tech and well funded military nation in the entire world with the most powerful air force, most powerful navy and the best domestic defense systems...something sneezes in the middle of the Ocean and we know about it almost instantly. The concept of any sort of invasion on US soil is ridiculous, even by Russia or China, people generally know and accept that it would be a bad idea to invade such a geographically diverse country with so much military funding.
The only war ISIL can win is the war you allow them to win in your mind. Frankly, they're punks.
