In the short-term American bombs may hurt the Islamic State, but in the long-term it is what they need and want. The Islamic State is a parasite of war. Its members and its narrative need war for their personal, organizational and ideological validation and success. That is why the only way to defeat the Islamic State is to take the war away from them. Abandoning support to all sides in the conflict [...] In our rush to return to war in Iraq we are playing into the Islamic States hands, just as we played into the hands of al Qaeda [...] We seem likely to take the bait again.
Posted on: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 23:04:08 +0000
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