This, quite literally, makes no sense. Everything desiring to provoke action is, at some level, marketing. What would be the pitch? Come join the party? Parties don't involve risking life and loved one. Help us set up an Islamic state? Anyone radical enough to want that is already either involved or is being groomed to be involved at the current rate.majorspark;1847750 wrote:It would increase. The propaganda would be that of retreat and joining victory to establish a caliphate.
Beyond this, we don't live in an era where information is so easily quelled, even in a region we often think of as being underdeveloped desert, so the notion that we were "defeated" would work less effectively than ever.
You won't recruit fighters without a mighty villain to fight. It's the exact same way political campaigns get donations. I used to do the fundraising for the ACLJ and Citizens United, and the better pitch was ALWAYS a horrible disaster that was going to be difficult to overcome "unless we get support from every last freedom-loving man/woman, just like you." Not a single one of those pitches was chosen by urgency or the importance of the cause. Every one was chosen based on what brought in the most money, and every time, it was the one against a difficult enemy, not for the grand hero's promenade or celebration. It wasn't even close.
Actually, you could lump in the Neo-Assyrian empire, as well. I doubt Shalmaneser V would recognize Syria in its current iteration. In reality, none of the three are even the same entity as the empires by the same name.majorspark;1847750 wrote:It's worthy to note two great historical world empires Egyptian and Persian for most of their history did not adhere to the ideology they cling to today. Maybe converting is the best way to dry up recruitment.
Not unlike Israel, frankly.
