ISIS and Al Qaeda marrying forces? Iraq's VP says yes

Al Baghdadi sings a love song to Al Zawahiri

Ayad Allawi, Iraq's vice president, said that ISIS and Al Qaeda, rivals in terror, are exchanging plans on ways to join forces. He didn't say who his source is for this information.

The Iraq vice president said the leaders of ISIS and AQ, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and Ayman al-Zawahiri respectively, aren't directly communicating with each other but are using intermediaries.

(Imagine al-Baghdadi's guy saying to al-Zawahiri's guy: "Do you think Ayman really likes me?" Then al-Zawahiri's guy says: "He certainly thinks your beard's better than his goat's.")

"I don't know exactly when, but there are discussions and dialogues between messengers," Allawi said, but he doesn't know how the two groups will work together. 

One possibility is they will choose "Odds or Evens" to determine who gets to do a beheading, for example. 

Although there are concerns the two groups may be forging a marriage, of sorts, they've been like rival gangs, competing for money, gang members and other resources since their 2014 split.

In January, Al Qaeda's leader reiterated his criticism of the Islamic State's violent attacks, such as beheading civilians and eating with their hands. AQ also refused to recognize the ISIS self-declared caliphate in Syria and Iraq.

But the biggest animosity between the two gangs is exacerbated by the competition as to which leader is a better Muslim.

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Obama warns Iran that he might warn Iran

Okay, it's time to stop playing games with Iran. Ever since our anemically weak administration has bent over backwards to accomodate their demands they simply keep making more of the same.

First Iran sank a replica of a U.S. aircraft carrier back in February near the Strait of Hormuz, and conducted missile tests which received a good tongue-lashing from our so-called commander in chief. It even seized a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship and released it last May, and before that surrounded a U.S.-flagged cargo ship as it sailed into the strait.

But now they've gone too far and tongue lashings, like make-believe "red line" warnings, only make Iran and others laugh at us.

Iran fired unguided rockets that passed within 1500 yards of the aircraft carrier USS Truman. The USS Bulkeley and FS Provence, a French frigate, were also in the area along with other commercial sea vessels.

According to Cmdr. Kyle Raines, a Central Command spokesman, the Iranians gave us only 23 minutes notice over maritime radio about the exercise. That's even less warning than Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's radio address warning us of the coming caliphate.

Cmdr. Raines called the Iranian's actions "highly provocative," [but exactly what those actions are going to provoke beyond another Obama verbal assault, is anyone's guess].

"Firing weapons so close to passing coalition ships and commercial traffic within an internationally recognized maritime traffic lane is unsafe, unprofessional and inconsistent with international maritime law," Raines said, causing the Iranian Supreme Leader to practically wet himself from laughter, knowing full well that we have complained before and Obama did nothing but tongue lash.

A U.S. military official told The Hill that the Iranian ships approached the USS Truman and some of the other vessels prior to making the live-fire announcement and warning them to stay clear. Soon thereafter, the rockets were launched.

Aircraft carriers are not made to turn on a dime--they need miles to turn--and the warning given by Iran was totally provocative and clearly done to intimidate the United States.

I am not in any way proposing military action based on the events in the Straits of Hormuz, but I believe that we must make it abundantly clear that this is the last time Iran will try to intimidate us. The next time will be met with sanctions; any other occurrence will be met with shock and awe.

The only problem is, we don't have a president, we have a community organizer who appeases Islamic nations and goes against our closest allies, especially Israel. 

His departure from the White House cannot come soon enough, but I hope it comes in time.

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