"Don’t Let Iran Tensions Stop the Battle Against ISIS" Topic

"Last month, as I traveled through Baghdad and northern Iraq on a trip facilitated by the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Iraqi government marked the second anniversary of its victory over ISIS. Yet our journey — from the rubble of western Mosul, to the now-silent Sunni side of Tel Afar, to isolated tribal areas on the Syrian border — revealed the enduring physical and psychological devastation wrought by ISIS. Left unaddressed, the group's painful legacy of human suffering, trauma, and displacement could usher in ISIS 2.0.

The timing of the U.S. decision to kill Iran's Gen. Qasem Soleimani could not have been worse. Even if the drone strike does not lead to war with Iran, it has already led U.S. forces to pause anti-ISIS operations. U.S. forces may yet be ejected from Iraq, and with them the best hope of staving off the return of ISIS and its challenge to regional and global stability. This must not be forgotten as U.S. leaders consider their next steps…"
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Amicalement
Armand

The Iranians were openly and aggressively fighting ISIS. This US Institute of Peace seems like a propaganda front for the Pentagon and Tel Aviv.

The real danger are all the men, women, and children that are being held in the "refugee camps".

From what I've seen and read, those are literal "breeding grounds" and safe havens for many ISIS fanatics and followers. No one wants them, and they have a lot of free time on their hands, which is a coming nightmare scenario if/once they are released.

Agree!.

Amicalement
Armand

To paraphrase..

"Intern the child with religious ideologues, in a hopeless hellhole, and they will mould you a suicidal fanatic."