Argh! Michael Steele just said (on All In) that we could be fighting ISIS for the next 30 years.

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46. Chaos breeds IS & other Wahabbi terror groups

It is their oxygen. Trying to annihilate IS will hypocritically allying with human rights violators won't help. Working on other problems is how to defeat them.

Syrian Women Know How to Defeat ISIS

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“Oppression is the incubator of terrorism,” one woman told us as the group prepped for meetings with high-level officials in D.C. and New York. Her participation in peaceful protests during the early days of the revolution led to her two-month imprisonment in a four square meter room shared with 30 other women—yet she was adamant: “We cannot fight ISIS except through a political approach.”

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So what do they recommend? To create stability (which is kryptonite to extremists), Syrian women say three things must happen.

First, humanitarian aid must get to the millions in grave need. Almost three million people are registered as refugees in neighboring countries and over six million are displaced inside Syria. That’s in a country with a pre-war population of just under 18 million. Approximately half of the remaining inhabitants live in extreme poverty.

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Violent extremism thrives in areas where social services have all but disappeared. A woman who serves on the local council of an opposition-held town told us that she fears more of her neighbors may become radicalized because there’s no work, no education, and no other opportunities.

http://time.com/3513830/syrian-women-defeat-isis/