I don't think IS is actually of any religious order or has the consent of god to undo what The West and Russia has done here, but, if the land divisions don't work without a dictator, then it needs to be rethought.
There is a reason why these sort of land arrangements were used and why the land continues to be coveted by other countries.
The United Kingdom is only 94,058 square miles. That is more or less the size of Oregon. The current population of the UK is 64.1 million. Now, it is fairly easy to imagine if the people of the UK demanded forty acres and a mule, it just wouldn't work out. To compare Oregon's population is only 3.899 million people. It is amazing the UK even has farmland, yet alone expect to feed everyone within that country.
So, what do small countries like the UK and France or Spain or Italy do when it comes to feeding it's people and creating an economy? They look outside their borders.
British Petroleum is operated from London. It's origins begin in Iran in 1909. When the Brits go to war to protect their interests, that is a very different meaning than when "W" says it. The Brits literally receive their national treasury income from holdings of many types outside of their sovereign borders. When the USA goes to war it is for cronies of Wall Street like Halliburtion and Bell Helicopter.
With that sort of explained to an understanding of a country's survival, the UK and France were very interested in taking colonies in North Africa.
At the time of WWI Canada was still a British province. All the Central Powers fell, except, for Germany. But, Russia and the USA were on the same side of the fight as they were also in WWII.
So, still today there are certain resentments regarding the occupation of lands. With BP these days, they more or less hold leases to their product sources. Countries are better defined and their borders more secure. They don't simply disappear off the map like they used to with any war.
But, this is the grudge IS carries today toward every other nation, peoples or religion on this green Earth.
They won't continue to succeed. They are loyalists to a vacuum. They are pretty terrible folks. There isn't anything from turning guns on each other, except, their allegiance to Bagdadi. He doesn't have anything to offer them, except, what they steal and then provide as bounty to his warriors. The Greeks and Romans did that. They bought their loyalty from their people and their armies. Tribute and Dole. Tribute is the money received and Dole is the monies handed out. Eventually, the Dole runs dry and the rest is history.
