June 16, 2015
A Losing Strategy to Defeat ISIS
Why the latest increase in military presence by the U.S. in the region is doomed to fail
Despite a recent pledge to increase a military presence in Iraq and Syria, President Obama has admitted repeatedly that the U.S. does not have a complete strategy for defeating ISIS. Phyllis Bennis explains why militarization in the region has already been proven a failure.
Originally in Al Jazeera.
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