A Grim Outlook on the Success of International alliance against Daesh (ISL)

By Hafeez Hassanabadi

The rulers of Islamic countries are tyrants and their citizens are deprived of justice within their inherently oppressive systems. Therefore desperate disaffected populations living under corrupt oppressive regimes are eager to support any voice which rises against their tyrannical rulers. Often these oppressed peoples are left with no choice as a result of the extreme sense of helpless and hopelessness.

They lend their support to any force who opposes their oppressors. Daesh (ISL) is utilizing this sense of deprivation among oppressed and disaffected populations to their full advantage on the ground. Because of the policies of these Islamic regimes; the citizens of respective Islamic countries are left with no other realistic option except to turn to such extreme elements as Daesh.

While Daesh is consistently crystal clear on their destructive mission and goals, the international alliances against Daesh are much disorganized because all stake holders have separate interests in the war.  In many cases the individual goals of countries involved in combating Daesh are conflicting with one another and at times even directly contradictory.

On the other hand, those very same nations who celebrated the collapse of the former Soviet Union, find today’s Russia still their main obstacle. The US & its allies seemingly lack the insight to understand that many failing socialist nations are being replaced with extremist regimes driven by radical Islamic ideology. The result is the perpetual quagmire we see today.

Reasonable and realistic options must be formulated to address these issues; options which according to many observers and analysts have yet to materialize. In the meantime Daesh continues to gain momentum with its crystal clear ideology, widespread support and enormous wealth; while on the other side, tyrant Islamic countries and their allies seem only to be concerned with protecting their respective national and financial interests.

Daesh adheres to a centuries old (and widely accepted) Islamic ideology; but the various nations engaged in combating Daesh remain reluctant to admit that the radical ideology of Daesh is in fact widely accepted as a legitimate Islamic ideology throughout many Islamic societies. Meanwhile United States and European countries unwittingly propagate Daesh Ideology in the media to the extreme.

In this high-stakes chess game, the priority of the involved players revolves entirely around the immediate national interest of the big powers; but nobody is considering the interests of the people living in regions affected by tyrannical Islamic regimes and hard-line extremists like Daesh.

The weapons companies have been making billions of dollars selling their war machines. All nations affected by this war have directed all their resources into purchasing these expensive weapons and escalating the conflict. Unfortunately rather than establishing peace, stability or prosperity, they are simply making many foreign companies rich.

Russia, the United States, Britain, and other allied world powers are using or plan to use their most sophisticated high-tech modern weapons in this battlefield, considering this war as an experimental test of their military prowess.  In contrast, Daesh consider this war a war of survival for them. They will fight to the end because they have no place to go for refuge nor they are welcome anywhere. They have only one path, which is forward into battle until death.

The dilemma is that Daesh is rapidly spreading into other regions. Observers and analysts have noticed this occurring particularly in Pakistan and Afghanistan. This is likely because both the environment and political circumstance are in their favour in these regions. In Pakistan there are thousands of religious Madrassas already teaching the very same radical ideology as is practiced by Daesh.

The Pakistani Madrassas are well capable, and already are, preparing and producing thousands of radicalized potential terrorists. The Pakistan government, army and ISI have all fully endorsed & financed thousands of these religious Madrassas.

The reality is that the only force currently opposing these dark forces in Pakistan, and included near future against Daesh in the region, is the secular Baloch forces. The Baloch forces are both capable and willing to defeat these forces of darkness. Unfortunately, much like other secular forces such as the Kurds, the Baloch have been intentionally side-lined and ignored by Western democratic powers.

Many indigenous Baloch observers and intellectuals believe that in the future there is no doubt the world community will eventually recognize the importance of the secular Baloch people for achieving a lasting peace and encouraging prosperity rather than tyranny; but currently, the Baloch are being subjected to an ongoing genocide at the hands of the Pakistan military forces.  We are left to wonder that if by the time the international community will be willing to support the Baloch, will the Baloch still be in a position to play a significant role?

The fact is if the world sincerely wants to win this war against these dark forces such as Daesh, it is absolutely essential that all involved parties must establish clear and unified objectives, and act in synchronicity.  It’s necessary to conduct a complete and objective review of the ineffective polices in the region because such policies are completely contradicting current circumstances and may even be more harmful than productive.

Translated by BTV team