A further irony is that these neocon re-mapping schemes closely mirror
the internal boundaries on the maps that ISIS has released of its
pretended "caliphate"—which is to cover every inch of territory ever
ruled over by Muslms, including Spain and the Balkans. Of course the
neocons seek to weaken the Muslim world by reducing it to fragments,
while ISIS would see a totalitarian Islamic empire. But they both share
the fetish for "natural states," a dangerous fallacy if ever there was
one. (See the ISIS map at Daily Mail of last June 30, which frighteningly tells us the jihadis hope to acheive their vast "caliphate" within five years.)
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