David Ignatius writes about foreign affairs for The Washington Post. Today his topic is the difficulty the U.S. will have in reanimating the tribal Sunni Awakening which was used during the surge in Iraq to defeat al Qaeda.
It turns out the Islamic State has assassinated most of the tribal leaders who participates therein. Particularly irritating is IS has attacked Iraqi prisons and released hundreds of their people who were imprisoned.
Ignatius concludes the intended U.S. strategy will be a very hard slog indeed. Which makes Tom Friedman's Wednesday comments even more pertinent.
