Very Worrying Development

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...tastrophe.html

This could lead to all out war in the ME. If so I really hope we will not be dragged into it. Scary stuff

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Very scary - considering how depleted our forces are already.

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Unusually little coverage on the BBC etc.

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We are into it already.

Interesting what the American/our reaction will be if it gets serious.

IS is Sunni which we want to see wiped out.

Iran/Iraq are mostly Shia

Think the Shia are feeling threatened and Iran more so.

Does Iran have a Nuclear weapon.

Will this affect the new accord between the US and Iran.

Will this spread to the UK with Sunni and Shia killing one another on our streets.

Interesting times.

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We are dealing with religious nutters.

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Yes, most people supporting ISIS believe that Jesus will return to support the caliphate. But there are some things you have to understand before analyzing such a belief (sorry if this is too long).

Both Sunni and Shi'i Muslims believe in the return of Jesus, much like Christians do. In fact, it is a requirement in Islam to believe that Jesus is the Messiah. And the return of Jesus is actually one of many events that are believed to occur in Islamic eschatology. So there are other mainstream, Islamic End-Time beliefs as well, such as the arrival of the Anti-Christ (Masih ad-Dajjal or "The False Messiah"), the arrival of the Mahdi, and other major signs of the Day of Judgement.

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Yes the totally mad fighting the totally mad.

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The more I hear about the state of the world the more I want to pull up the drawbridge and retreat from the world..

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The whole of the Arab or Moslem world is in a complete mess, from Morocco on the Atlantic coast, all across North Africa, through the Middle East and into the various -stans.
If they're not actually fighting each other then it's just simmering under the surface

I don't think Western countries should get involved, except to prevent it spreading beyond such countries into more civilised & stable ones, and leave them to stew in their own juice.

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Me too, Meg.

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A very very good idea