Why ISIS thrives

From Lara Marlowe via The Irish Times:

Washington clearly hopes to contain rather than eradicate IS. Airstrikes are limited to 15 per day, compared to 800 daily against Saddam Hussein’s regime in 2003. No one is ready to contemplate sending ground troops.

While the US and its allies thrash about in search of a strategy, IS thrives.

The entire essay can be read via the link below.

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