The Oct. 26 editorial “Mr. Obama’s half-hearted punch” suggested that the United States needs to do more to counter the Islamic State. The problem is that the fight is based on a U.S. strategy and U.S.-led coalition. The real answer is a regional strategy.
When Turkey, Iraq, Jordan and Saudi Arabia develop a plan and ask countries to join their coalition, the United States can determine whether it is a plan in which the United States wishes to participate and, if so, at what level. To continually have a U.S. face as the fight against the Islamic State is a losing battle, only fueling hatred for our actions in the region. Unless moderate Sunni tribes can be enlisted in the fight, the effort is doomed to fail.
Arabs must develop the response to the Islamic State.
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