However, it is the very fanaticism of their beliefs and practices that explains why they cannot achieve their utopian fantasies. First, only some of the Sunni Iraqi tribes will support the jihadist aims, and even then only to achieve their own ends—which do not include a return to the sixth century. Once they get what they want, they will then turn on the jihadists, especially the foreign ones. Second, the jihadists have demonstrated that there is no mercy for anyone who opposes them and that being a non-Sunni is akin to a death sentence.
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There is an interesting parallel here and in the rhetoric against what many call "postmodern Leftism". I will save the elaoration for the interpreration of minds familiar with this distinction. In other words, iykyk.
