What Is The U.S. Strategy To Combat The Islamic State

US Strategy Against Islamic State To Mirror Counterterrorism Efforts In Yemen, Somalia -- Long War Journal

President Barack Obama has announced that the United States will "degrade and ultimately destroy" the Islamic State (or Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, ISIL) with "a comprehensive and sustained counterterrorism strategy."

The strategy, presented in a speech to the nation on Sept. 10, will rely on local forces to do the bulk of the fighting while the US provides air strikes, intelligence and other support. This is America's current plan of attack for al Qaeda's regional branches in Yemen and Somalia.

"But I want the American people to understand how this effort will be different from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It will not involve American combat troops fighting on foreign soil," Obama said. The president made it clear that the strategy he envisions for confronting the Islamic State will center around US air power supporting "partner forces on the ground."

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