mrzurnaci said:moving back is very possible. A few brave and educated Assyrians have to make the return trip and help improve the conditions so other Assyrians can come back as well. It would also help if the Assyrians who went back used the internet to show about the land and the progress they're making!
Obviously, every Assyrian who moves back I advise get guns. Get pistols and always conceal carry.
In my idea of Assyria, every Assyrian has to have a gun in their household and a gun on their person. Imagine how f***ed Da'esh would've been if EVERY household in the Nineveh Plains was armed.
It's most likely we'll have to make a law about staying armed.
I'd rather not imagine that blood bath. You and others here still don't seem to understand so let's make another attempt at it.
First of all, the ISIS that attacked the Nineveh plains and Shengal wasn't the same ISIS that attacked Mosul. When ISIS attacked Mosul they did so with less than 2000 men and only used pick up trucks. Once the Iraqi army fled ISIS recovered well over 2000 armored vehicles. In comparison the Peshmerga had less than 50. That is well documented, so link here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/01/isis-captured-2300-humvee-armoured-vehicles-from-iraqi-forces-in-mosul
By the time ISIS captured Mosul and all the shiny Iraqi inventory the feeling Iraqi army left behind they had a further two months to recruit ex-Baathists and more radical men from from the city.
Now really the clue is in the name, but the up-armoured Humvees captured by ISIS are designed to withstand all bullets (expect some top-grade armour penetrating .50 cals) & RPGs etc. The only thing that would destroy a Humvee is a direct hit from a tank, a direct hit from heat seeking/infra-red guided missile or an air strike.
ISIS was at it's peak before they attacked Shengal and the Plains. ISIS is a highly mobile force as in they don't have a clear offensive or defensive line such as a regular army would have. Because of that ISIS was always able to mount an attack, a rather large attack within days, something that would take a regular army weeks of prep.
The only thing that you can use effectively against a force like ISIS is an air force. Really it's just leveling the playing field. An air force vs VBIEDs.
So no, I don't want to imagine what civilians or villagers armed with "guns" would have been able to do because I can guarantee you, it would have ended in a blood bath.