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More than a year after coalition warplanes began bombing Isil positions, there is now a general recognition that Isil will not be defeated by air power alone.
This strategy may even have worked had Isil confined its activities to the Caliphate. But, from its inception, Isil’s leadership has made it clear that its ambitions lie far beyond Arabian shores. It aims to spread its extreme ideology throughout the four corners of the globe, with specific focus on Europe, referred to in Isil literature as “Rome”, the great power that was in decline when the first Islamic caliphs rose to prominence.
Here's a comprehensive strategy for defeating Isil
This strategy may even have worked had Isil confined its activities to the Caliphate. But, from its inception, Isil’s leadership has made it clear that its ambitions lie far beyond Arabian shores. It aims to spread its extreme ideology throughout the four corners of the globe, with specific focus on Europe, referred to in Isil literature as “Rome”, the great power that was in decline when the first Islamic caliphs rose to prominence.
Here's a comprehensive strategy for defeating Isil
