Fathom Highlight: IS and the incoherence of Western policy
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17 November
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2014
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Martin Dempsey, US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, and Lord Dannatt, the British former chief of the general staff, have warned that putting combat troops on the ground may be necessary to defeat Islamic State forces.
In this week’s Fathom Highlight, our regular contributor Jonathan Spyer advises caution. He argues that the West has neither allies on the ground nor a grasp of the dynamics of the conflict unfolding in Iraq and Syria. As rival versions of political Islam battle over the ruins of the post-war regional order, the West should limit itself to mobilising regional allies to reduce and contain the damage.
This week’s ‘Voice of the Week’ features Boaz Ganor of IDC Herzilya and Hussain Abdul-Hussain, Washington correspondent for al-Rai newspaper, discussing the security challenges in the Israel-Lebanon-Syria theatre.
Our ‘Image of the Week’ is of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu celebrating with the Israel’s national football team players after their 3-0 win over Bosnia at a Euro 2016 qualifying match in Haifa on 16 November 2014.
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IS and the incoherence of Western policy
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