I replied to a post topic on isis.  As much as a nation state is part of the merkan name given to the group, I was not posting to any kind of country's stability, just a reference to an article that talks about the group.  You may go look up the genesis of isis. Here is a decent read on a key player.  if you want to get partisan, look at when he was released as a prisoner. Partisan politics is not something that drives my posting.  I've voted on both sides. As for stability, that region has not really been stable much, but I suppose that depends on your interpretation of the word.

I was posting on the fact that the drone killings, one of the points of the article linked in the initial thread of this topic, are just one part of what is impacting the decay of isis. There are others out there that define what is being done if you are a follower of military tactics and recent policy/intelligence sites (not just US).

clear?