The more the West targets terrorism, the more it will spread
Wednesday May 31 2017 Maria Dubovikova
You do not have to be an expert to predict that the West’s new strategy in the war on terror will fail just like its previous ones. The more the West fights terrorism, the more violent the latter becomes and the more it spreads. The assault on Raqqa, Daesh’s stronghold in Syria, is bringing together more and more countries; even NATO has joined the international coalition, which is considered a milestone in the war on terror.
The political establishments of the US and Europe are gradually losing public support, having failed to tackle challenges in a changing world. They now greatly need to consolidate the societies around them via a victorious war that can garner positive media coverage.
In this regard, taking Raqqa is an ideal operation. Few care about short-term effects, and the effect will be truly short-term as Raqqa’s fall will not mean the end of terrorism. On the contrary, it will mushroom. For example, liberating Mosul has involved torture, rape and targeted killings, so the victims and their families may be pushed to embrace extremist groups due to sectarian violence and oppression.
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1108191
I don't know, it's worth listening to. This gal gets these opinion pieces regularly published in a few of these Middle East publications. There is probably a chance, she is just a front for others who write this though. It's not as though Russia runs an ideal campaign against terrorism. Food for thought.
