Daesh!

For John, BLUF:  Our understanding of "Daesh" is evolving, from the "JV Team" to an actual Government (Caliphate) spreading over a number of borders.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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On City Life Host George Anthes uses the term ISIS and belittles those who say ISIL as being ignorant Obama followers.

Mr John McCreary [Night Watch] uses the term ISIL.

From The Jordan Times we have this item:  House speaker says Daesh should not be called 'Islamic State'

AMMAN — Lower House Speaker Atef Tarawneh on Tuesday called on the international community to refrain from referring to Daesh terrorist group as the "Islamic State", stressing that this group is not related to Islam.

So, no "Islamic State", no ISIL, no ISIS.

On the other hand, in an article in The Atlantic there is a 10,000 word article, "What ISIS Really Wants".  The subheadline is:

The Islamic State is no mere collection of psychopaths. It is a religious group with carefully considered beliefs, among them that it is a key agent of the coming apocalypse. Here’s what that means for its strategy—and for how to stop it.

Note the idea of a coming Apocalypse.  Remember the Book of Revelation?  The usually somewhat reliable Wikipedia discusses the Apocalypse, but doesn't mention Muslim consideration of the event, which, as a wrapper surrounding the future coming of the Messiah, unites all three Abrahamic Religions.♠  There is this from Wikipedia, Islamic Eschatology.

Have I recently mentioned the fictional meditation on this issue of a coming Messiah, The One Donkey Solution.

Regards  —  Cliff

♠  That would be Judaism, Christianity and Islam.