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June 2, 2017

With al-Qaeda Resurgent and Iran Ascendant, the U.S. Can’t Afford to Back Down

Don’t let Islamic State become a distraction from the big picture.

Surveying the state of America’s sixteen-year-long war on terror, Thomas Joscelyn argues that the current focus on defeating Islamic State could further empower al-Qaeda and the Islamic Republic. This problem is particularly salient as the Trump administration debates sending more troops to Afghanistan, where the Taliban is regaining ground, and is weighing the extent and nature of U.S. involvement in Syria:

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