Islamic State’s Cruelty Was Not the Same as Military Might
IS could invent ever more gruesome forms of murder, but it could not make a fighter plane or win the lasting allegiance of the majority of Iraqis and Syrians.
October 27, 2017
Islamic State’s Cruelty Was Not the Same as Military Might
IS could invent ever more gruesome forms of murder, but it could not make a fighter plane or win the lasting allegiance of the majority of Iraqis and Syrians.
With its penchant for telegenic barbarism, and its success at rapidly gaining territory and affiliates in 2014, Islamic State (IS) made itself seem terrifying. Yet its rapid collapse in recent months, and the fall of its de-facto capital of Raqqa, have made clear its weakness, as Victor Davis Hanson explains:
October 27, 2017
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