The Syrian War, the Iraq War and ISIS, Part I
by Dwight Jeffress, Updated Jul 1, 2019 This was originally going to be a Facebook post, but then I reevaluated and figured it best to make this a blog post, simply because of its length. The following post I have written only skims the surface of a much deeper reality. The future possibilities of the Middle East will have global repercussions. We cannot ignore this region, and if we as a nation decide to involve ourselves in it, we must be very careful in how we handle our enemies as well as our allies. WARNING: Graphic content in the video link below. Some more on the recent conflict that just has settled for now in northwestern Iraq... There are a lot of players in this story... perhaps some things we are not familiar with in the U.S. Three main groups... the Sunni, the Shia, and the Kurds, plus there are tribal loyalties embedded within that context. The Sunni and Shia are different groups... or dare I say denominations within Islam. Iraq, u...