This is going to get ugly. The ISIS has issued a manifesto calling for the destruction of all Shiite shrines. Predictably, Grand Ayatollah Ali al Sistani is calling for all Shiite men to take up arms, and thousands of them - many with militia experience - are doing just that.

I don't know if it's enough to make up for the thousands of Iraqi soldiers who have deserted, but this is not going to be pretty.

Onward and upward,
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