Julian E. Barnes, Stephen Fidler, Gordon Lubold, And Philip Shishkin: The War on Islamic State
To prevail, the West must settle on military tactics, cut off oil money, counter propaganda, strategists say.
The Paris attacks and the downing of a Russian airliner have heightened determination in Moscow, Paris and Washington to defeat Islamic State, a challenge easier said than done.
Many strategists say military advances will show little progress unless more work is done to eliminate the militant group’s financing, counter its propaganda and cut a diplomatic deal among world powers on Syrian rule.
For military planners, destroying the terrorist group’s headquarters and crippling its fighting force is a relatively simple assignment, say strategists: It would require some 40,000 troops, air support and two months of fighting.
WNU Editor: These experts obviously do not have confidence that President Obama's strategy will succeed.
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Beating ISIS will require many boots on the ground and participation by a lot of countries. When the real fighting starts ISIS will follow the Iraqis' strategy during Iraq II, hide their guns, shave off the beards and meld into the local populations. They will reassemble when the coalition leaves. The US knows this which may explain how hard it is to come up with a strategy to defeat them.
I'd suggest a program of identification so that they can be rounded up after they meld but then that is probably why they keep their faces covered.
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