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RAEL’S COMMENT: absolutely true ! Nothing in the world can be achieved by violence.Violence can give the illusion of victory for a while, like the famous Georges Bush funny claim of “victory” in Iraq but it create in fact more resentment , hatred and desire of revenge of the people defeated.
WikiLeaks source Chelsea Manning believes military action won’t destroy the Islamic State, and thinks that the United States and its allies should attempt to disrupt the militants into self-destruction through containment.
“Based on my experience as an all-source analyst in Iraq during the organization’s relative infancy, ISIS cannot be defeated by bombs and bullets,” Private Manning, 26, wrote in an editorial published Tuesday in The Guardian.
“I believe that ISIS is fueled precisely by the operational and tactical successes of European and American military force that would be – and have been – used to defeat them,” she wrote. “I believe that Isis strategically feeds off the mistakes and vulnerabilities of the very democratic western states they decry. The Islamic State’s center of gravity is, in many ways, the United States, the United Kingdom and those aligned with them in the region.”
Manning focused on four arenas to disrupt the growth of the ISIS militants, known for their cruelty and violent adherence to Muslim laws. The four major steps she listed include: “Counter the narrative in online ISIS recruitment videos” to prevent the recruitment of western fighters, set publicly announced borders in the region, establish an international moratorium on paying hostage ransoms and prevent the group from stealing historical artifacts and other treasures that they are currently using as funding sources.
The biggest focus, Manning believes, should be allowing the Islamic State to fail as its own country. “Let ISIS succeed in setting up a failed ‘state’ – in a contained area and over a long enough period of time to prove itself unpopular and unable to govern. This might begin to discredit the leadership and ideology of Isis for good,” she wrote.