If the US goes to war with ISIS, [ how long before Americans conclude that it was a mistake ]( https://firstlook.org/theintercept/?p=4462 ) ? ISIS is evil enough that fighting ISIS is not inherently wrong. The same was true for Saddam Hussein — but launching a war against his regime made things worse in Iraq, and the same thing could easily happen again. Thwarting ISIS in a conventional war of movement is easy. Destroying ISIS would mean an urban guerrilla war, which would be horrible (as it was 8 years ago in the same part of Iraq) and [ would not succeed ]( https://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#21_December_2013_(West_must_not_ignore_message_that_its_wars_stir_up_hatred) ) . To really defeat ISIS requires [ convincing Iraq's Sunnis to kick ISIS out ]( https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#25_August_2014_(Shi%27ite_militias_intend_to_expel_Sunnis) ) .
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