A Response to "U.S. Strategy for al Qaeda and ISIS: It’s Groundhog Day"

Found myself in disagreement with the comment points - more because thought they were looking at an answer from the wrong tactician. Would be interesting to look at the 6 points made if the focus was other than Old Carl - and perhaps from those who successfully waged a large scale fight against an insurgency and how they acted in each aspect to such. Interesting read!

"But it is my strong sense that we must begin from an altogether different premise. To me, the ideological and theological battle being waged is within the culture of Islam. Islam is, at the most basic level, waging a war against itself, and we would do well to attend to this.

We are watching the unfolding of a war to decide the fate and direction of a deep and intricate faith community within often rigid, controlling, and hidebound political systems. And it is this rigidity of faith and process that sabotages General Dubik’s proposed six-part strategy. My argument comes down to this: we cannot do for anyone what they cannot do for themselves."