ISIS Goals & Strategy

[Airbrush]

"Since at least 2004, a significant goal of the group has been the foundation of a Sunni Islamic state. Specifically, ISIL has sought to establish itself as a caliphate, an Islamic state led by a group of religious authorities under a supreme leader—the caliph—who is believed to be the successor to Prophet Muhammad. In June 2014, ISIL published a document in which it claimed to have traced the lineage of its leader al-Baghdadi back to Muhammad, and upon proclaiming a new caliphate on 29 June, the group appointed al-Baghdadi as its caliph. As caliph, he demands the allegiance of all devout Muslims worldwide, according to Islamic jurisprudence.

 

ISIL has detailed its goals in its Dabiq magazine, saying it will continue to seize land and take over the entire Earth until its: “Blessed flag...covers all eastern and western extents of the Earth, filling the world with the truth and justice of Islam and putting an end to the falsehood and tyranny of [ignorance], even if America and its coalition despise such.”— 5th edition of Dabiq, the Islamic State’s English-language magazine.

 

According to German journalist Jürgen Todenhöfer, who spent ten days embedded with ISIL in Mosul, the view that he kept hearing was that ISIL wants to “conquer the world” and all who do not believe in the group’s interpretation of the Koran will be killed. Todenhöfer was struck by the ISIL fighters' belief that “all religions who agree with democracy have to die, and by their "incredible enthusiasm"—including enthusiasm for killing "hundreds of millions" of people.

 

When the caliphate was proclaimed, ISIL stated: "The legality of all emirates, groups, states and organisations becomes null by the expansion of the caliphate's authority and arrival of its troops to their areas.”

According to Jason Burke, a journalist writing on Jihadi Salafism, ISIL's goal is to "terrorize, mobilize, polarize". Terrorize to intimidate civilian populations and force governments of the target enemy "to make rash decisions that they otherwise would not choose". Mobilize its supporters by motivating them with, for example, spectacular deadly attacks on enemy soil such as the November 2015 Paris attacks. Polarize by driving Muslim populations—particularly in the West—away from their governments, thus increasing the appeal of the ISIS caliphate among them. "Eliminate neutral parties through either absorption or elimination."

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant#Goals

 

If these are the true goals of ISIS, then how delusional can anyone be to believe they can "take over the entire Earth" by violent means? The leaders of ISIS are devious delusional and their suicide robots are stupid delusional. And they propose to end the "tyranny of ignorance"? Maybe the goals and strategy of ISIS should be repeated more often so new recruits understand what they are getting into before they take the leap.

Edited March 25, 2016 by Airbrush

[John Cuthber]

I'm not sure I believe what they say is their goal. I think it's probably a straightforward power grab.

Sure, they are selling it as a religious "war" but they could hardly admit " We just want people to do what we tell them because we are megalomaniacs "

Here's another perspective

http://www.thenation.com/article/heres-what-a-man-who-studied-every-suicide-attack-in-the-world-says-about-isiss-motives/

[Airbrush]

OK, I got it now, thanks.

 

Good perspective, the destruction of Saddam's regime created ISIS because all those Baathist military commanders were out of a job. When you have nothing, you have nothing to lose. So in desperation these military people "got religious". The leaders are like zombies who returned from the dead. They were as good as dead after the oppressed Shiites went on a rampage against the Sunis in Iraq. Maybe the leaders even convinced themselves that their cause is righteous and consistent with Islam. They got religious to make amends for their evil deeds. Their recruits are witless of what's going on. When new recruits are oriented do you think their programmers harp upon the goals of ISIS? The recruits may not be very informed about Islam, nor about the goals of ISIS. But they must be broken down like any cult breaks down its' recruits through isolation and indoctrination. Or like military boot camp. Your drill sargent is very hard on you to toughen you up to be fit for battle. Then many of the recruits become disillusioned and want to quit but they are stuck and must obey or be executed.

Edited March 26, 2016 by Airbrush

[Sirona]

For those that have time to read it, here is a special report from The Conversation 'Understanding Islamic State'. It's a collation of the whole 'IS' articles published by various contributors to The Conversation including Greg Barton (Deakin University) and Carole Cusack (University of Sydney). The first article in the collation is about ISIS goals. Here is the full report:

 

http://e13735798026cf28f792-96809452408ef41d0e4fdd00d5a5d157.r35.cf2.rackcdn.com/2016-03-11-understanding-islamic-state-ebook/understanding_islamic_state_ebook.pdf