DanSC DanSC:
N_Fiddledog N_Fiddledog:
Once an ideology like the Nazis or ISIS takes over there are no moderates.
This is a very important point. Being now eighty years removed from it, we often wonder how an ideology as vile as National Socialism came to power.
We're witnessing a reenactment of that right now.
No one but you is wondering. IS is in "power" because of the co-operation of the Sunni tribal militias in the area of Iraq under IS control. The Sunni leaders are using IS to push for a better deal from Baghdad, which has been suppressing them since your wonderful moron decided that he would remove Hussein, be greeted as liberators and bring democracy to Iraq. It's not complicated at all.
Hitler was able to come to power because Germany was in such a bad state after being suppressed by Britain and France. The German ruling class thought they could use Hitler to rid them of the communist threat in Germany, which was very strong. Didn't work out so well for them, probably won't work out that well for the Sunnis either.