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Source: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/09/a-strategy-for-beating-isil-110524.html#.VAgv5MWSzHE
A Strategy for Beating the Islamic State
(Politico) Dennis Ross - 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. 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 U.S. 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 U.S. is prepared to do. The writer served as special assistant to President Obama from 2009 to 2011.