Honestly Admit it: You Don't have a Clear Strategy Against ISIS; Unless you have Developed a New definition for the term "Strategy".

Briefly: Literally strategy means a scientific method or an effective plan in order to achieve a certain goal somewhere in the future.
It's been nearly two months, since the beginning of the military operation against ISIS in Iraq and Syria. During this period of time, the U.S. authority has been spending nearly $10 million dollars daily in this war. Spending this amount of money could be applied to other members of the coalition; a coalition, which consists of 60 countries as the Secretary of State John Kerry and some other U.S. officials claim.

What was the result of your past two months efforts?
ISIS is progressively seizing new territories in both Iraq and Syria. You have not been able to form a so-called unity and inclusive government in Iraq. You have not been able to build and develop a reliable coordination among the members of the coalition. Turkey, your close allies in NATO, for example, would not cooperate in this battle; in addition would not give you a clear permission to use its territory against ISIS. This event happens at the time that the new NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg claims that: "NATO can put troops wherever it wants".

After two months war, you have begun talking about the necessity of ground forces. In this respect, you have also a serious problem; because the current prime minister of Iraq has repeatedly stated that they don't need any ground force from the coalition. Meanwhile, you are struggling with Iran in different battle fields. In one front, you are trying to control and neutralize Iran's adventurous nuclear activities. In another front, you are struggling to decrease the power and influence of  Iran in Syria, Iraq and Lebanon. You don't have any clue how to deal with Iran in these different areas. The case of Syria itself is another dilemma for you.  At the same time, you are pushing Russia with regard to current tension in Ukraine. In this respect, you are blocking yourself within the circle of the United Nations Security Council, in case if you need any legal and legitimate approval.

Considering these examples, you are telling us that you have a clear strategy against ISIS!
If you don't have a clear strategy, which i think you don't have, please don't give a false hope to those poor citizens in Iraq and Syria. Instead open the borders in all neighboring countries and let those poor people take refuge over there and live like normal human beings.



M. Sirani                                13.10.2014