Every so often a favorite blogger of ours, War Tard, writes a tour de force post that becomes an absolute must read for anyone who would like to be informed about geopolitics. He just dropped another 'bomb' regarding the Sunni Islamic terror group known as ISIS - A few choice excerpts:

"The pesky thing about the Middle East is that a manifesto written by a dead guy spawns a martyr and spreads like Ebola."

"Even the Saudis are running scared. ISIS are showing them what happens when you open Pandora's Box and hand out weapons with impunity. The Saudi Royals wanted Assad gone so bad it hurt so they dished out AT weaponry like the brown acid at Woodstock and soon everyone was swimming in blast technology. Trouble for the Saudis is, some of those weapons can get pointed back at you."

"2014 has been a really shitty year if you're the type of person who believes 'world peace' could 'be a thing'. Libya is on fire, Syria is on fire, Ukraine is on fire and Iraq is on fire. Tensions are rising in the South China Sea. The world economic system depends on stability and with the number of flash points growing, it's getting increasingly hard to see a future without large forest fires."

Read the rest at War Tard: The idea of ISIS: The history and future of the Islamic State.