Foreign Affairs

Jesus Malverde

(10,274 posts) Thu Jun 4, 2015, 10:49 PM Jun 2015

US envoy: ISIS fight may last 'generation or more'

President Obama’s envoy to the global coalition fighting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) predicted on Wednesday that defeating the terrorist group could take a generation or more.

Retired Marine Gen. John Allen added that his assessment was based on the zealotry of ISIS’s ideology, according to The Times of Israel.
“This will be a long campaign,” Allen said at the U.S.-Islamic World Forum in Doha, Qatar.

“Defeating Daesh’s ideology will likely take a generation or more,” he said, using the Arabic name for ISIS, according to the Times.

http://thehill.com/policy/defense/243896-us-envoy-isis-fight-may-last-generation-or-more

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US envoy: ISIS fight may last 'generation or more' (Original Post) Jesus Malverde Jun 2015 OP

Or we could spend that money on renewable energy and get the fuck out of there forever arcane1 Jun 2015 #1

Gosh, that sounds familiar Scootaloo Jun 2015 #2

Mission accomplished. Warren Stupidity Jun 2015 #3

since muslims have been fighting each other for some 16oo yrs, a generation is a bit msongs Jun 2015 #4

"and we will still lose". nt bemildred Jun 2015 #5

arcane1

(38,613 posts)

1. Or we could spend that money on renewable energy and get the fuck out of there forever

Reply to Jesus Malverde (Original post)

Thu Jun 4, 2015, 10:58 PM

Jun 2015

Maybe they'll hate us a little less

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)

2. Gosh, that sounds familiar

Reply to Jesus Malverde (Original post)

Thu Jun 4, 2015, 11:08 PM

Jun 2015

Trouble is, it makes the apparent argument that Daesh' ideology fell from space, is some sort of alien infection. It's not, it is a reactionary ideology. What is it reacting to? Continued western presence and interference in the middle east.

Defeating daesh - and whoever comes after them, and whoever coems afte them is not going to be done by blowing up as many people as we can as fast as we can.