If the drivers aren't already fully subscribed members of the "it's good to die for your caliphate" side of things, they could easily be a) under duress of a fate worse than death or b) illiterate. And propaganda doesn't have to be true anyway, any dead could still be held up as innocent civillians. Don't imagine for one minute that ISIS are above spin and/or lying.
Yes, you'll interrupt the funds but it won't stop them adding in another layer of operation between them and the smuggling.
Also, you're just pissing away a valuable resource while causing huge environmental damage to a region that we want to bring peace and stability to. How do you think that's going to end?
No, that's just fucking daft.
If the drivers aren't already fully subscribed members of the "it's good to die for your caliphate" side of things, they could easily be a) under duress of a fate worse than death or b) illiterate. And propaganda doesn't have to be true anyway, any dead could still be held up as innocent civillians. Don't imagine for one minute that ISIS are above spin and/or lying.
Yes, you'll interrupt the funds but it won't stop them adding in another layer of operation between them and the smuggling.
Also, you're just pissing away a valuable resource while causing huge environmental damage to a region that we want to bring peace and stability to. How do you think that's going to end?