Re:VLC contributor living in Aleppo writing about the Paris ...
by cmdkeen on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @10:30AM
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IS' successor would not be a territory holding aspirant state, it would have to be more like AQ - which we have already significantly degraded.
Now there is the interesting concept of the rise of the "lone wolf" or individual cells that don't really have central co-ordination. Would Western intervention in Syria cause more of them? Would their rise be countered by reducing or removing the ability of IS to generate attacks? There's a debate to be had.
Now there is the interesting concept of the rise of the "lone wolf" or individual cells that don't really have central co-ordination. Would Western intervention in Syria cause more of them? Would their rise be countered by reducing or removing the ability of IS to generate attacks? There's a debate to be had.