Decapitating terrorist groups very often backfires
Gen. John Allen, the retired Marine who is coordinating the campaign against ISIS, gave an upbeat briefing to Congress last week. He said that because of airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition, the group has “lost half of its Iraq-based leadership and thousands of hardened fighters.” “Decapitation” is the graphic term for this strategy of… اقرأ المزيد