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Let's say the great powers, including Russia, all just backed off and left Daesh alone. What would you expect to happen?
ISIS would start to organise itself better, as it would be able to move people, materials, fuel and equipment more easily without fear of airstrikes. It would develop an infrastructure, an economy, and trade with it's neighbours would increase. Places like Saudi Arabia would begin to openly recognise ISIS as a state. I personally don't think we would be any safer.
Let's also say the west backed off and Russia didn't. What would you expect to happen then?
As above, but the Russian economy is fucked, and when they lose the war Putin is replaced by someone more isolationist.
Western agression definitely aids the recruitment of western Muslims to ISIS, but they would continue to grow without this.
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William.
Let's try the other side of the coin.
Let's say the great powers, including Russia, all just backed off and left Daesh alone. What would you expect to happen?
Let's also say the west backed off and Russia didn't. What would you expect to happen then?
Edit to add - I'm not expressing an opinion for or against, I just want to know what people think would be the outcome of not intervening.