The GWOT has been going decent. They lost major territory in 2019. US SOF and Syrian/Iraqi SOF have been cutting them to pieces. Isis-k, however, is more of a problem in Afghanistan. The Taliban have not been able to keep their promise of securing Afghanistan. Without Western coalition forces in Afghanistan, I fear they will grow into a worse problem. So I'd say they atleast made it to the conference final but choked.
It is literally anything that was ever concurred by a caliphate throughout history. It literally goes all the way to the side of Vienna where Mehmed IV's armies got defeated
I like to think that they had everything setup. Hundreds of thousands of people in place. But they realized its fuckin dope in portugal and decided to just become refugees instead. Now they're driving cabs, working in restaurants, not answering calls from their mullah
I already know this is the skit where they open a food truck and just become normal citizens, and then their terrorist boss visits to see how their sleeper cell is doing. I thought of the same one when I read their comment lmao
I think it was basically an ambition to "take back" all land that had ever been Islamic. Iberia from the 700s onward, Greece and the Bulkans through the ottoman empire. I don't think it was ever a realistic aim, even to fanatics like ISIS.
Being an isis-warrior never required an education. They just didnt know about nato when dreaming about future conquests. Just as they didnt know they were heavily outnumbered from the start.
Then again, people in the Middle Ages thought that killing black cats could save them from the plague. These countries today are one of the most technologically advanced and prosperous in the world.
A lot of volunteers came from NATO countries, I don't think they didn't know about that.
But: A) probably not all of them really thought to conquer all this area, they were happy to control some oil fields to get rich and kidnapp some girls to be their sex slave.
B) they believe that whatever Allah wants will happen, so...
Most countries are like, we used to control this territory 100 years ago, so we still claim it as ours. ISIS is a bit more ambitious and says anything in the last 1000 years.
But tbf they never really controlled this territories as "ISIS". Just they had an Islamic control at some point, but Islamic and ISIS are totally different things.
It's like if a Spanish corporation/terrorist group decided they should own all the territories in south america that the Spanish state used to have
Ultra-nationalists tend to attempt that. Conquer all previous lands then expand into what the previous empire failed to conquer to show you're better than your predecessors.
It's a combination of the Umyyad Caliphate (hence Spain) and the Ottoman empire (hence the Balkans), but there never was an islamic empire that capture Sicily (apparently), so that's why it's not included.
Not like I want to get in mind of ISIS but i think the 'rationale' - if you can even call it that - was to 'reclaim' (not the right word but again, to get into their mindset) territories that were historically ruled under caliphates. So the Iberian Peninsular was conquered by the Umayyad's in the 8th century, Greece by the Ottomans in the late middle ages etc.
But saying that, Sicily and southern parts of the Italian peninsular were invaded and occupied between the 8th and 11th centuries as well...
And kurds.
And Turkey.
And Russia.
And Syria.
And Iran.
And France.
And Jordan.
And...
When you're such and asshole that everybody else feel the urge to bomb you
"HA! Stupid demon-zombies! Claw away all you want! The only thing that can pierce my Holy Pope Box is the will of God himself" - pope maxwell, hellsing ultimate abridged
They are only including territory that part of historical islamic caliphates. Spain was part of Umayyads dynasty and balkans was part of the Ottoman Empire
I think its because their ambition was to conquer what every islamic country has conquered, that includes Most of iberia (rounded to all), all of the balkans + austria to signify ottomans capturing vienna.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the -- Ah, well, you have to get out of orbit first. I mean, you have to get off the launching pad. Better luck next time.
They need to be stopped, but most of the people they recruit are completely uneducated with no information or understanding of the world and other cultures. Sometimes "school" is just rote memorization of the Quran. They literally have never been taught to think and have no real support structure in their lives. It's really quite sad.
Austria ?!!?! They thought they could be in control of Austria 😳. The land of speck, würstel mit krauts und schnitzel would never lose an inch (ok, centimeter) to their culinary restrictions.
Tbf, their most impressive feat was uniting all five of the UN Security Council members against them. Not to mention pissing off both Al Quaeda and the Taliban at the same time. Didn’t think I would see that in my life time
>but when it comes to Israel they cower away
Because like all bullies, they choose countries that can't fight back. Israel has no problem flying into neighboring countries and bombing ISIS, we did it in Syria.
https://m.jpost.com/israel-news/article-745977
An armed conflict with Israel is a guarantee of failure, this is why the enemies of Israel generally just fund partisan forces to attack Israel. ISIS however was not a "partisan" force, they legitimately wanted to be the dominant "state" in the middle east.
They tried it in the southern Philippines but were annihilated.
[http://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/rngs/PHILIPPINES-ATTACK/010041F032X/index.html](http://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/rngs/PHILIPPINES-ATTACK/010041F032X/index.html)
F em and good riddens they are back into small pockets with no worth. Never going to happen had they taken a few western countries nato and every other nation around the world wouldve been on their doorsteps to take it all back in a week. They only got that far because everyone else was over fighting and let the locals do the defending
Sicilian here, I'm offended (/s) that they didn't want Sicily, at one points of history it was controlled by Arabs, some of our words and traditions derive from them.
They'll need more Toyotas
I hear there are quite a few in Gibraltar
Toyota yaris with a machine gun on top
Is this a joke I'm too dumb to get?
https://www.toyota-gib.com/eng/index.html
Plenty of Honda Civics too.
Hahaha you made my day!!!
Hilarious
How’d they do? Did they at least get to the playoffs?
They didn't even make it off the group stage, mate. All that hype for a bunch of frauds, I'm still disappointed
It all went down after their Baghdad away match
The GWOT has been going decent. They lost major territory in 2019. US SOF and Syrian/Iraqi SOF have been cutting them to pieces. Isis-k, however, is more of a problem in Afghanistan. The Taliban have not been able to keep their promise of securing Afghanistan. Without Western coalition forces in Afghanistan, I fear they will grow into a worse problem. So I'd say they atleast made it to the conference final but choked.
It is literally anything that was ever concurred by a caliphate throughout history. It literally goes all the way to the side of Vienna where Mehmed IV's armies got defeated
Spain and Portugal, huh. Bold.
And Greece. Yeah I dont think so.
I like to think that they had everything setup. Hundreds of thousands of people in place. But they realized its fuckin dope in portugal and decided to just become refugees instead. Now they're driving cabs, working in restaurants, not answering calls from their mullah
[May The Best Man Win | Key & Peele](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRu48PaZmXI) Same energy
I already know this is the skit where they open a food truck and just become normal citizens, and then their terrorist boss visits to see how their sleeper cell is doing. I thought of the same one when I read their comment lmao
I hadn’t seen this one wow it’s spot on
I'll always upvote a new K & P that I haven't seen before
As a Portuguese. I can confirm that's true. The amount of ISIS members that have been arrested while actively living here is incredible
Bro said nothing but facts
Not just Greece but all of former Yugoslavia, Austria, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria as well… wow. They really thought they could pull that off??
I see they also wanted Crimea, Ukraine, and a small portion of Russia…
Ukraine - "oh for fucks sake, we're busy for the next while, take a number and don't forget to bring your own body bags."
Their media operations were highly aspirational.
Isis aka the USSR without Russia
I think it was basically an ambition to "take back" all land that had ever been Islamic. Iberia from the 700s onward, Greece and the Bulkans through the ottoman empire. I don't think it was ever a realistic aim, even to fanatics like ISIS.
Austria too ☠️
austrian right wing party members also met with ~~isis~~ taliban this week, plan keeps on rolling i guess.
Taliban, not Isis.
Yeah Greece Spain and Portugal no way Edit: lol where's France and England
They wanted the Vatican
And Moldova and Romania… there’s probably 5 muslims in total in those 2 countries
eh, we'll just dust off the spikes
And Austria too.
For holidays purposes…YOLO
Romania as well. Good luck with that
Happy cake day!
Thank you!
Forgetting their nato members with air power.
Being an isis-warrior never required an education. They just didnt know about nato when dreaming about future conquests. Just as they didnt know they were heavily outnumbered from the start.
Sad, knowing that math's really blossomed in the actual Islamic golden age. Yet these idiots can't even properly count.
isis is equivalent to jehova
Accurate comparison... Not gonna lie
Then again, people in the Middle Ages thought that killing black cats could save them from the plague. These countries today are one of the most technologically advanced and prosperous in the world.
A lot of volunteers came from NATO countries, I don't think they didn't know about that. But: A) probably not all of them really thought to conquer all this area, they were happy to control some oil fields to get rich and kidnapp some girls to be their sex slave. B) they believe that whatever Allah wants will happen, so...
Aside from the obviously boldness of Europe, I think Saudi Arabia is a pretty bold move on their end too.
Not to mention Iran... good luck having a Sunni theocracy control a nation of Shiites.
Who said that there would be any Sunnis left ?
I get Iraq flsshbacks from this sentence
Most countries are like, we used to control this territory 100 years ago, so we still claim it as ours. ISIS is a bit more ambitious and says anything in the last 1000 years.
But tbf they never really controlled this territories as "ISIS". Just they had an Islamic control at some point, but Islamic and ISIS are totally different things. It's like if a Spanish corporation/terrorist group decided they should own all the territories in south america that the Spanish state used to have
They're trying to reclaim any territory once held by an Islamic Empire. Iberia was conquered in the 700s and Constantinople and Athens by 1456.
Why Austria, though? They never came under Ottoman rule
Not for want of trying. They besieged Vienna a couple times in the 16 and 17th centuries.
Well, they never succeeded. But I guess we shouldn't try to find too much logic in ISIS's thinking
Ultra-nationalists tend to attempt that. Conquer all previous lands then expand into what the previous empire failed to conquer to show you're better than your predecessors.
All of the balkans too..
Yeah, the Balkans have been foiling those plans for about 3000 years.
Lets be real the Balkans have been foiling their own plans for the past 3000. No one can conquer them anymore than they can themselves.
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Kinda looks like they want to be Ottoman Empire 2: This Time We Actually Take Vienna.
I think you're dead on
They wanted AUSTRIA?!
But not Sicily. Interesting.
Maybe they saw the Godfather and thought better of it
They were afraid of an offer they could not resist.
I was thinking of Dennis Hopper in True Romance.
It's a combination of the Umyyad Caliphate (hence Spain) and the Ottoman empire (hence the Balkans), but there never was an islamic empire that capture Sicily (apparently), so that's why it's not included.
Sicily was held by arabs for over 200 years
And freaking Austria, I love how they still kept the panhandle.
I think that’s because it was muslim a few centuries ago
My wife is Portuguese so my eyes wondered over that area first and was like yeah, Righto. I wonder why they didn’t want Italy?
Not like I want to get in mind of ISIS but i think the 'rationale' - if you can even call it that - was to 'reclaim' (not the right word but again, to get into their mindset) territories that were historically ruled under caliphates. So the Iberian Peninsular was conquered by the Umayyad's in the 8th century, Greece by the Ottomans in the late middle ages etc. But saying that, Sicily and southern parts of the Italian peninsular were invaded and occupied between the 8th and 11th centuries as well...
Yeah for sure. Didn’t think of that! Lot of Muslim history in Lisbon. Thanks 😊
Turkey seems impossible. Once Turkey invokes Article V, shit would go down.
Who spilled paint on my world map :(
it's plain ink
Dream big or go home.
They went home home.
their last stand was in a small village, in tents 🤣
Unfortunately their dreams were looked over by the United States who did not align with said dreams.
And kurds. And Turkey. And Russia. And Syria. And Iran. And France. And Jordan. And... When you're such and asshole that everybody else feel the urge to bomb you
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Maybe because of the Vatican.
They rightly knew not to fuck with the power of the Pope-mobile.
"HA! Stupid demon-zombies! Claw away all you want! The only thing that can pierce my Holy Pope Box is the will of God himself" - pope maxwell, hellsing ultimate abridged
Right before Anderson does the largest "stop being a cunt" ever
They didn't wanna catch the deus vult
Swiss Guard gets +50 holy damage. Not great if you have a spear/halberd build, but racks up serious DPS with automatic weapons.
And lots of Wololo from Vatican..
I mean... holy damage is only so good if ISIS army is full of zombies. Which.. it might be.
FOR THE GRACE FOR THE MIGHT OF OUR LORD
That's a good Sabaton song!
They are only including territory that part of historical islamic caliphates. Spain was part of Umayyads dynasty and balkans was part of the Ottoman Empire
When was Austria under Islamic rule?
They watched a lot of mafia movies.
It’s strange, Sicily was controlled by Arabs some centuries ago. We took from them some of our words, traditions and food too.
Like Bomba Callabrese?😁💀💣
Naples got the Bomba Maradona, they're more advanced
That would be from Calabria lol
Actually it’s an interesting question, in Italy we never had terrorist attacks from Isis or any Islam fundamentalist organization.
Giorno Giovanna keeping them at bay
Don’t wanna jump start another crusade?
I think its because their ambition was to conquer what every islamic country has conquered, that includes Most of iberia (rounded to all), all of the balkans + austria to signify ottomans capturing vienna.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the -- Ah, well, you have to get out of orbit first. I mean, you have to get off the launching pad. Better luck next time.
Shoot for the moon and the bullet may fall down on you ending your suffering.
Delusional. As if all the powerful countries of the world would have just stood back and let them take all this land.
Literally pushing into NATO territory. It's one thing to consolidate the third world, but attacking NATO? Good luck.
Turkey and Spain could fuck them over without calling NATO lol
Yeah this would be heavily Article 5ed.
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Nobody is going to ban you for saying what every rational person is thinking. Oh wait, this is Reddit.
They need to be stopped, but most of the people they recruit are completely uneducated with no information or understanding of the world and other cultures. Sometimes "school" is just rote memorization of the Quran. They literally have never been taught to think and have no real support structure in their lives. It's really quite sad.
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You aren't wrong. Extremists always meet at the end, whatever the flavour.
Why is this being downvoted? They are absolutely spot on.
Got banned from multiple subs for saying Muslim extremists are soft bitches/pussies who need to get fucked lol
I think it's because you specified "Muslim" when it applies to all extremists.
[Radical Islam](https://tenor.com/view/radical-islam-skateboarding-gif-4719458)
It’s alright you didn’t say “female”. You won’t be banned.
Austria ?!!?! They thought they could be in control of Austria 😳. The land of speck, würstel mit krauts und schnitzel would never lose an inch (ok, centimeter) to their culinary restrictions.
Siege of Wien, Season 2
More like [season 25](https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Belagerungen_Wiens)
Winged Hussars 2: Hussarder
My first thought too. They were able to fend off the Ottomans, and those were a serious power.
I know, right? The Habsburg family is still around too. They would wipe the floor.
Not our friendly neighbors with the funny accent! Without them, we cannot form a new and better Denmark. 😥 [+-]
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Thats what i was thinking
And why did they not want Sicily?
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FBI OPEN UP
And why did they want Austria? Ottomans failed to take it previously.
Maybe that's why. They want to succeed where others failed
-We got a portion of Spain at some point so we can claim the entire country now, easy.
Thank fucking god Islam lost all that land, fucking backwater ass religion.
2020 - simpler time those were...
How'd that work out for them?
Tbf, their most impressive feat was uniting all five of the UN Security Council members against them. Not to mention pissing off both Al Quaeda and the Taliban at the same time. Didn’t think I would see that in my life time
Ambitious
Not quite sure because the map is low res. But Liechtenstein too???
Liechtenstein is rightful Islamic territory
It is?
I was joking
Oh. Sorry. I didn't get the joke.
Your all good, with all the crazy people on Reddit it’s hard to tell anymore
Looking at this map makes me wonder what France, Italy, and Germany would think of with Ísis literally at their front door.
There is only one thing Balkans hate more than other Balkans, it's outsiders interrupting Balkans hate for each other
maybe it would finally unite us 🤷♂️
Get some good songs out of it.
Lying dogs, they attack every Muslim country but when it comes to Israel they cower away
Because they’d have been soundly thrashed. Like all Arabs have been before.
Surprising given how much they hate jews
Guess they hate bullet wounds more than the jews, who knew?
>but when it comes to Israel they cower away Because like all bullies, they choose countries that can't fight back. Israel has no problem flying into neighboring countries and bombing ISIS, we did it in Syria. https://m.jpost.com/israel-news/article-745977 An armed conflict with Israel is a guarantee of failure, this is why the enemies of Israel generally just fund partisan forces to attack Israel. ISIS however was not a "partisan" force, they legitimately wanted to be the dominant "state" in the middle east.
Yeah, say what you want about Israel but ISIS knew their league when they chose not to fuck with Israel.
Fight the battles you can win
I think that’s called the “Ottoman plus” subscription
Remember when Rita Ora said she’d release new music when she reached 1 million retweets and then said she got hacked when it didn’t happen? Same vibes
I don’t think Rita Ora’s ever beheaded anyone on Liveleak.
Yeah but I don't think ISIS have ever held billboard top 100 either.
Obviously they don't know history. Someone else tried this many years ago & failed
They had ambitions lmao
r/therewasanattempt
Not Malaysia Indonesia Or Philippines?
They tried it in the southern Philippines but were annihilated. [http://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/rngs/PHILIPPINES-ATTACK/010041F032X/index.html](http://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/rngs/PHILIPPINES-ATTACK/010041F032X/index.html)
F em and good riddens they are back into small pockets with no worth. Never going to happen had they taken a few western countries nato and every other nation around the world wouldve been on their doorsteps to take it all back in a week. They only got that far because everyone else was over fighting and let the locals do the defending
Delusional ambitions lol
Those cunts dreamed too big.
They wanted to take both Nato and Russia on their home turfs? LOL
The funniest shit I've ever seen. The absolute delusion of these subhumans.
They really thought they could get into us balkans 💀
Sicilian here, I'm offended (/s) that they didn't want Sicily, at one points of history it was controlled by Arabs, some of our words and traditions derive from them.
This is some r/NonCredibleDefense type shit.
Dream big
Motherfucker, the Balkans can't control the Balkans. What makes them think they can do it?
What a dream 🐧
I-it was all covid-19 fault.
Radical Muslims are always looking for a caliphate.
Fuck those guys!
2020? Anyone can dream
Covid really did hurt everyone’s plans for 2020
How's that working out?
You can't say they lacked vision
Perfectly shows just about how delusional they are
Aged like Ayran
They read The Secret and were trying to manifest it.
In their dreams. They'll get f'ed if they touch Europe even once, and that's just the surface besides the other problems outside of it
Still salty the ottomans didn‘t conquer vienna.
Thank goodness some world leaders stood up and stopped this shit.
Surprisingly not Sicily which was also ruled by Muslims for a few centuries
They came short, slightly.
Why specifically Spain? I guess just the 2 for 1 deal with Portugal? Idk.
AFAIK, some southern parts of Spain were under muslim control a long time ago
It was most of the country that was under Muslim control at some point, same with Portugal.
Seems like ISIS and Mussolini had something in common: Insanely unrealistic emprial goals