Originally Posted by bronco67

Sounds so easy, doesn't it?

The bombing is slowly having an effect financially. They've been rumored to be resorting to selling scrap metal for money, and whatever desperate method they can think up. If their oil fields get hammered, it's going to take a toll. Everyone wants instant results, but it'll take time to bleed them dry.

When you have bombs dropping on large moves you try to make militarily, and you can't reciprocate against the enemy -- it's not good for you. Even if they acquired a few jets and "trained" some pilots, they'd get shot down instantly by even the lowest rung national air force.

They're not going to make it in the long run, and the next group of scumbags will think long and hard before trying something as bold as what ISIS it trying to achieve. Like I said before, ISIS is it's own worst enemy by way of naked, unbridled hubris.