On Sept. 10, U.S. President Barack Obama outlined an overall strategy for countering the al-Qaida'ist movement that grandiosely calls itself the Islamic State. The president vowed to defeat and ultimately destroy it.
How is that campaign going? What are its prospects for success over the next few months to several years? Is it promising in both Iraq and Syria? My answer is a guarded yes, especially for Iraq (the Syria strategy is incomplete and will take longer to develop).
Why?