Can IS Ultimately Be Defeated? -- Andre de Nesnera, Voice of America
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Congress has authorized funds to train and equip moderate Syrian rebels fighting the Sunni extremist group known as the Islamic State. President Barack Obama has vowed “to degrade and ultimately destroy” the Islamic State.
It has taken over a vast territory in Iraq and Syria. It has carried out mass killings, said to have sold women and children as slaves and beheaded, among others, two Americans and one Briton.
Since August, the United States has launched air strikes against Islamic State positions in Iraq. Obama has also approved air strikes on IS targets in Syria.
Ultimately, what can be done to defeat the group, also known as ISIL or ISIS?
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Update: Be Afraid: Why America Will Never Defeat ISIS -- Micah Zenko, National Interest
My Comment: How do you destroy an idea .... a philosophy .... a concept .... you destroy it with determination, unity, an acceptance that such a conflict may last a lifetime, sacrifice, preparation and planing, leadership, and .... the most important thing of them all .... the will to win. Unfortunately .... all of these ingredients are presently absent in our war against the Islamic State .... especially the "will to win" part.