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Re:Thomas Piketty: Clamping down with law and order will not... by beat on Tuesday December 01, 2015 @04:03PM (#10658745)
Daesh is taking and holding territory. And they're dragging major powers in to fight them there, quite deliberately. That's pretty different to me.
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Re:Thomas Piketty: Clamping down with law and order will not... by wdewind on Tuesday December 01, 2015 @05:04PM (#10659214)
Pretty different from what? Afghanistan in the 70s/80s was almost exactly this: a destabilized national government, insurgent forces taking and holding territory, global powers being dragged into it. The only differences are the rhetoric.

Edit: here, this may be a link that helps you understand more of the history of the region as well as the context for the rise of AQ/ISIL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maktab_al-Khidamat

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