BeaverFever BeaverFever:
If so why does ISIS number only 30,000
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights estimates that ISIS\ISIL has more like 80,000 to 100,000 direct members and they also estimate that there are a total of as many as 200,000 fighters aligned with ISIS\ISIL but who are members of other groups.
Keep in mind that the 'official' Western estimates of ISIS\ISIL strength have been deliberately underestimated in Pentagon reports due to the political influence of the Obama Administration. This is a growing scandal in the US right now that even President Obama has acknowledged has substance to it (meaning it's not something you can just dismiss out of hand as you are wont to do.)
The 80,000 to 100,000 figure makes much more sense from a logistical point of view. A force of only 30,000 or so would be spread dangerously thin across the entire territory held by ISIS\ISIL and their positions would become untenable forcing them to withdraw to concentrate force.
ISI\ISIL is primarily an infantry force that is augmented with pickup truck mounted heavy machine guns and patently ineffective anti-aircraft guns. While they do have some armor that they've captured they lack the skills and the spare parts to keep that armor operational. They have no airpower at all. Meaning that they lack the force multipliers of armor and air support and are therefore not at all comparable to Western forces.
A Western force of 30,000 is significant due to their force multipliers.
An ISIS\ISIL force of 30,000 would be at best a provincial militia. Meaning the 80k to 100k estimate is far more arguable given the territory those forces have to maintain.
Ok but even at 100,000...,there are 1.6 billion Muslims in the world so that is one out of every sixteen thousand or 0.00625% of the Muslim population. Surely you'll need to come up with better numbers to prove that all Muslims are terrorists.
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