Comment vaincre l'État islamique: Washington et le monde

Nous savions déjà que le problème est complexe et les déclarations récentes du président Obama le démontrent bien. La solution ne peut se limiter aux seules interventions militaires ou à l'implication des États-Unis.

 "Clearly, ISIL is not a threat only to us, and the answer is not and cannot be just a military one. Here again, President Obama is right. To defeat ISIL, Sunnis must turn against it. The Sunni tribes, who revolted against its earlier incarnation in Iraq in 2007, must do so again. They must be backed as they do so financially and militarily—in both Iraq and Syria. The region’s leading Sunni powers—the Saudis, Emiratis, Jordanians and Turks—must all play a role here.

 As is often the case, however, if the United States does not mobilize and coordinate a multinational response, one is unlikely to emerge, much less be coherent. Moreover, the readiness of others in the region to act—overtly and covertly—will depend on seeing what the United States is prepared to do. Secretary of State John Kerry has spoken eloquently about putting together a global coalition to confront ISIL; when he goes to the Middle East later this week, however, the Saudis and others will ask him pointed questions about U.S. strategy.

 http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/09/a-strategy-for-beating-isil-110524.html?hp=l5#.VAcdwfl5M1I