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Originally Posted by blankall
I agree. However, just to add to this, taking out the leadership fast enough is a really difficult challenge. At this point there are a fair number of militants with leadership experience from Chechnya, Iraq, etc.. and now Syria itself. The war in Syria has been going on for over 4.5 years now.
Lower ranking fighters also have huge motivations to step up into those leadership roles. We're talking about kids who come from ultra conservative and poverty stricken countries. Become a higher ranking ISIS military leader and you get your own harem of sex slaves and a fancy jeep to ride around in. It's the same reason kids join gangs. A lot of kids will risk a lifetime of poverty for a few years of the high life.
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there's the added bonus, that leaders don't become suicide bombers, they convince other people to do this.
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