Airstrikes Against Islamic State Do Not Seen To Have Affected Flow Of Fighters To Syria -- Washington Post
More than 1,000 foreign fighters are streaming into Syria each month, a rate that has so far been unchanged by airstrikes against the Islamic State and efforts by other countries to stem the flow of departures, according to U.S. intelligence and counterterrorism officials.
The magnitude of the ongoing migration suggests that the U.S.-led air campaign has neither deterred significant numbers of militants from traveling to the region nor triggered such outrage that even more are flocking to the fight because of American intervention.
“The flow of fighters making their way to Syria remains constant, so the overall number continues to rise,” a U.S. intelligence official said. U.S. officials cautioned, however, that there is a lag in the intelligence being examined by the CIA and other spy agencies, meaning it could be weeks before a change becomes apparent.
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My Comment: Kill a hundred .... but a thousand fellow Jihadists step in to take their place. I am sure that there is a tipping point when the trend is in the other direction .... but no one is seeing it now.
The first and I think biggest step is to demonstrate it is a losing cause militarily. The Administration is probably hoping a victory at Khobane will do this, but I have my doubts even with a victory there. We shall see.
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