'..they must arrive with a plan for the day after.'<blockquote>'Obama is making U.S. special operators and locals do most of the fighting. When ISIS falls, Iraq and Syria need better leaders to keep this from happening again. So, what’s the plan?
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There is a day after on the horizon and right now there is no sense a workable plan awaits it. If there is one, now would be an ideal time to share it with American voters. Because whomever we elect next – Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton – will inherit the special operators’ fight, and with it, the consequences of the Obama doctrine. Under Obama, the U.S. has made the Middle East fight for itself. Next, the U.S. must help the region – as much as its citizens and its leaders are willing – secure itself and govern its way out of this era of terrorism and extremism.
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..Obama, and the next U.S. president, must help to shape facts on the ground in support of those it has supported on the battlefield. The U.S-backed forces are determined to get to Raqqa first. But most importantly, they must arrive with a plan for the day after.'
- Gayle Tzemach,
What Comes Next After Raqqa and Mosul?, July 6, 2016</blockquote>
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'It’s hard to overstate how hamstrung the Islamic State will be by its radicalism .. As it stagnates or slowly shrinks..'</blockquote>