Why Is The U.S. Having Trouble Killing The Leaders And Commanders Of The Islamic State?

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Why Can't the Pentagon Kill the Islamic State's Top Commanders? -- Kate Brennan, Foreign Policy

The U.S. military takes out terrorist leaders around the world, but it's been unable to cut the head off of the Islamic State.

The United States and its coalition partners have conducted close to 800 airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria, hitting command-and-control facilities, training compounds, armored vehicles, oil refineries, supply trucks, artillery pieces, and bunkers. But there's a notable absence from the target list: the Islamic State's top leaders.

Since the Obama administration's bombing campaign began in Iraq on Aug. 8, the United States has not conducted what's called a "decapitation strike," an attack specifically aimed at taking out a member of the Islamic State's senior military commanders.

The tactic's absence from the military campaign is particularly glaring because hunting high-value militants has become a cornerstone of the Obama administration's counterterrorism strategy in other parts of the world.

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My Comment: I say give it more time .... the U.S. has proven itself more than once to be very good at hunting down these targets.