Most of my readers know that I am a bit of a international relations geek……I research and write a lot about the world’s situation and the dangers that we face now and in the future. Because of my interests I get a lot of stuff that most Americans would have to pay to read….one of my sources is a group called IntelCenter…..these people track terrorists and such and analyze future problems as they are forming…..
Usually their reports are pretty much along the same lines as the local media outlet….but from time to time they report something that should be news but for some reason we seldom hear or read……
I got a report from 09 September 2015 that listed the top ten group in the world that need to be watched….and they are……
Most Dangerous Groups Over Past 30 Days
Group Threat Index (GTI)
1 – Islamic State (IS)
2 – al-Shabaab [Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen (HSM)]
3 – Boko Haram
4 – Taliban
5 – Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)
6 – Jabhat al-Nusrah
7 – Tehrik-i Taliban Pakistan (TTP)
8 – Ansar al-Sharia
9 – Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR)
10 – al-Huthi Rebels
Please take a moment to look over the list……(pause here for a little reflection from the reader)…..now…..is there anything unusual about the list?
Al-Qaeda main is NOT on the list…wassup wit dat?
But yet the government has started pushing the idea that AQ is more dangerous than ISIS….
A much-hyped new report for SOCOM is aiming to shift US focus away from ISIS and back toward al-Qaeda on the grounds that the later is a bigger “long-term” threat, and that ISIS is too aggressive to actually be successful in the long run.
The report comes out of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and attempts to compare al-Qaeda to Mao, with ISIS as Che Guevara, and drawing the conclusion that because Mao had a much bigger reign, that means al-Qaeda ultimately will too.
Underpinning all the claims of ISIS relying on a strategy that “already failed” is the conceit of a US victory in the occupation of Iraq, and the notion that al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), which became ISIS, was “defeated” by the US in that war. It then goes on to assume ISIS will inevitably be defeated the same way again.
AQ is more dangerous that ISIS? Really?
Here are a few things to consider about al-Qaeda, nearly 30 years in, has little real territory, and that is mostly in the possession of its auxiliaries. ISIS, by contrast, has half of Syria and a good chunk of Iraq, and is recruiting at a much faster clip than al-Qaeda is. Whether they ultimately falter, it’s hard to deny that right now, ISIS is making more progress than al-Qaeda toward their respective goals.
What is our government up to with these newest revelations?
Do you watch the news, I mean real news not the pond scum from WND or Inforwars, if you do then when was the last time you heard AQ mentioned? Take a minute and think it over……
I know the refugees are far more interesting and easy for those that have a very limited mental capacity…..but there is something going on here and few people are paying attention…..
That is why you have me, right?
Excellent article. I seldom use MSM for information, let alone the trashy RWNJ sites. It does make one wonder what the so-called “experts” are thinking.
The “experts” are paid to keep the paradigm going….
Could it possibly be that the US needs ISIS to keep Assad disorganized and diminish his perceived threat to Israel? Seems inhumane to the people that ISIS is killing but what’s a few thousand lives when national security interests – Israel’s more than ours – are at stake.
Israel needs Assad for now……they need that buffer….
Where’s the CPC? (aka Conservative Party of Canada.) Those motherfuckers are the single biggest threat to my way of life. They’re destroying my country and taking away my rights.
But there’s a major name missing that should, not just be on the list, but at the TOP of the list. As Martin Luther King said the speech that moved his status from “monitor & undermine” to “assassinate”…
“America is the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today.”
Since then, the American Empire has purveyed an ever increasing amount of violence and seems incapable of even slowing down….So why aren’t they at number one?
I wish more Americans could see past their headlines and they would find that you are correct 100%….most of the haters have NO one to blame for the refugee crisis but the good old US of A…..for example….
I keep getting messages from a reader that any attempt I make at pointing out the dangers of anything or anybody even remotely suggestive of some connection with the Islamic Ideology is some kind of attempt to look under rocks to find things to spread bigotry about — but I always wondered how so many organizations who seem to like terrorism have some claim to the Islamic Ideology? Are they all fakes? Are they all apostates? Is there no history of how Islam spreads throughout the world and what effect it has on host countries when it achieves majority status? — Have I gone totally bonkers and should I just shut my mouth and never mention anything even slightly critical of The Religion of Peace again? This whole thing has me stymied for the time being. Help!
For one I do not use anything wordpress suggest…..I think you can write about the concerns you have which is normal….I think wording of text is more important than anything….the use of words like swarm or horde implies a negative illustration….some will see that as a bigots words….but if you feel there is a reason for concern I would write about it….chuq