Cutting the Islamic State's Supply Lines: The Road to Mosul

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When the peshmerga captured Iraq's strategic junction of Keske in January 2015, they cut the main IS supply line between their strongholds of Mosul and Raqqa.

In the conclusion to our three-part series, VICE News follows legendary peshmerga colonel Abu Rish as he defends a vital base overlooking the junction from against any potential IS counterattack.

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[newthinking]

1. How about we stop filling the region with weaponry?

These extremists groups would never be able to so swiftly overcome the region if there were not so many weapons flooding the area.

[FrodosPet]

2. This is truth! The global weapons industry is barbaric and greedy.

As well, let's take away the weapons that they have already captured or purchased. No ground troops, but bomb these sadistic assholes until there are no more Daesh humvees or artillery left.

Then, if they still want weapons, and they certainly will, they will be stuck buying or capturing Russian and/or Chinese stuff, NOT ours.

[newthinking]

3. We should form agreements on this

with Russia and China (if possible)

The arms industry seems to be operating a lot like the "law of commons", in other words, part of the issue is the competition factor (someone will provide weapons, might as well be us).

Something happened and we rarely use diplomatic options on this kind of thing. Sit down at a table, it may take hard work, but create some agreements around middle east weapons sales.