Comments on: “The Painful Truth: Al-Qaeda is Losing the War in Iraq” https://www.jihadica.com/the-painful-truth-al-qaeda-is-losing-the-war-in-iraq/ documenting the global jihad Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:53:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.19 By: Marking Second Anniversary, ‘Islamic State of Iraq’ Cites ‘Accomplishments’ : WordPress Blog https://www.jihadica.com/the-painful-truth-al-qaeda-is-losing-the-war-in-iraq/#comment-334 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:53:56 +0000 https://www.jihadica.com/?p=350#comment-334 […] Jihadica: Demoralization among jihadists over the current prospects of the Islamic State of Iraq. […]

]]> By: Ansar al-Zindiqi https://www.jihadica.com/the-painful-truth-al-qaeda-is-losing-the-war-in-iraq/#comment-323 Sat, 04 Oct 2008 06:07:40 +0000 https://www.jihadica.com/?p=350#comment-323 The commotion amongst such “thinkers” is predictable. It is in their interests to look at the “bright side of life” as is said in the LIFE OF BRIAN and it’s very possible that any discussion about the lessons learned from their failures in Iraq might result in future successes elsewheres. However, what strikes me the most is how many of these jihadis’ back-and-forth discussions tend to remind me of the rivalry between Reinhardt Heydrich and Werner Best in regards to how to go about administering Nazi-occupied Europe. Both were absolutely committed to exterminating the Jews but at loggerheads as to how to treat the rest of the subhumans. Unlike the online dagawandists they just didn’t get the chance to have lively debates about what lessons they could draw from being defeated in WWII.

]]> By: Will McCants https://www.jihadica.com/the-painful-truth-al-qaeda-is-losing-the-war-in-iraq/#comment-322 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:39:05 +0000 https://www.jihadica.com/?p=350#comment-322 Hi Caliph,

He’s certainly optimistic about the long term, but he describes the current situation bleakly.

]]> By: The Caliph https://www.jihadica.com/the-painful-truth-al-qaeda-is-losing-the-war-in-iraq/#comment-321 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:21:51 +0000 https://www.jihadica.com/?p=350#comment-321 I would disagree and say that he is actually trying to lift spirits and say that what is happening in Iraq is not a failure for the jihadis. While it might have seemed to everyone after the fall of Kabul that the jihadis had lost, they in fact were just gathering their strength and preparing for what we are seeing in Afghanistan now.
My reading of this is that it’s a very optimistic (probably delusional) view of the situation in Iraq.

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