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Syria and Iraq will never be complete countries again. The sooner we realize that, the sooner we can develop a reasonable policy in the area. What we can expect is a permanent terror state in the border regions of the two countries, very similar to the extremist area shared by Pakistan and Afghanistan, but without a state really capable of exercising sovereignty over it in a meaningful way. Instead it'll be a ragtag coalition of Sunni extremists that may or may not stay united under the flag of ISIS, supported by Saudi Arabia as a way to offset growing Iranian influence.

So when the borders don't change and Isis is forced to move to Nigeria or mali or wherever what then?

those are all wrong and terrible ideas and thinking about it gives me a headache.