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ISIS/ISIL/DAESH Are NOT easy to defeat

Reader comment on item: ISIS' Imminent Demise

Submitted by Brian O' Reilly (Ireland), Dec 7, 2015 at 09:05

I respectfully disagree that ISIS/ISIL/DAESH are an easy win with ground troops. They hold vast territories, money et al...have very sophisticated weaponry and a ZEAL unmatched by many Western armies. All that makes for a very formidable enemy that WILL take years, not months to solve/defeat. I hope YOU are right, but I think I am in this case.

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