War on terror
Did he believe the extremist group could be eventually defeated if enough of their fighters were killed in these strikes? Or perhaps he believed if enough of the leaders were taken out, the group would fold. Did he feel that attacking targets in Iraq alone wouldn’t accomplish his objective but by expanding to Syria it would? Answers to those questions have never been publicly given, but it is possible those questions weren’t even raised before the decision to use air power was made. But now, more than a year since airstrikes began against ISIL in Iraq, and nine months since they expanded into Syria, we can assess how effective the use of force has been in accomplishing White House objectives.
Did he believe the extremist group could be eventually defeated if enough of their fighters were killed in these strikes? Or perhaps he believed if enough of the leaders were taken out, the group would fold. Did he feel that attacking targets in Iraq alone wouldn’t accomplish his objective but by expanding to Syria it would? Answers to those questions have never been publicly given, but it is possible those questions weren’t even raised before the decision to use air power was made. But now, more than a year since airstrikes began against ISIL in Iraq, and nine months since they expanded into Syria, we can assess how effective the use of force has been in accomplishing White House objectives.
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