Sign in Welcome! Log into your account your username your password Forgot your password? Get help Create an account Create an account Welcome! Register for an account your email your username A password will be e-mailed to you. Password recovery Recover your password your email A password will be e-mailed to you. Why the Campaign Against Islamic State Is Doomed 368 October 14, 2014 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Published in The Age (Australia) on 14 October 2014 by Hugh White (link to originallink to original) Translated from English by . Edited by . Back To Origin This post appeared on the front page as a direct link to the original article with the above link . Tags:AustraliaBarack ObamafailureIslamic StateTony Abbott Hot this week Block titleFeaturedAll time popularMore Nigeria: California Recognises Lagos, Will Nigeria? October 4, 2026. Published in The Sun 0 Ghana: Can You Be Better Than America as an Individual and State? October 2, 2026. Published in GhanaWebYou can gratefully learn from the mistakes of America. 0 Austria: Iran Gives Trump No Respite before the Midterm Elections October 3, 2026. Published in Der Standard[T]he more the screws are tightened, the more Tehran views an expanded round of the war as the only way out of the situation. 0 United Arab Emirates: US Versus US September 28, 2026. Published in AlkhaleejOne can speak of a form of state self-destruction in America. 0 Canada: Trump Finds Gangsterism Doesn’t Always End Well October 2, 2026. Published in National Post 0 Topics Saudi Arabia: A Reading of the Trump-Xi Summit October 4, 2026. Published in Asharq Al-Awsat 0 Nigeria: California Recognises Lagos, Will Nigeria? October 4, 2026. Published in The Sun 0 Austria: Iran Gives Trump No Respite before the Midterm Elections October 3, 2026. Published in Der Standard[T]he more the screws are tightened, the more Tehran views an expanded round of the war as the only way out of the situation. 0 Poland: Courtesy on Display, Tough Bargaining behind the Scenes: Superpower Truce Holds October 3, 2026. Published in Rzeczpospolita[N]either Trump nor Xi has made any major concessions to the other. They only confirmed that they will not further escalate tensions. Only that. 0 Egypt: Does the Trump-Xi Summit Lay the Foundations for a US-China Accommodation? October 2, 2026. Published in Ahram Online 0 Saudi Arabia: The ‘Israeli Question’ and American Politics October 2, 2026. Published in Arab NewsThe most active figures among the neoconservatives were a group of strategists associated with the Jewish right. 0 Ghana: Can You Be Better Than America as an Individual and State? October 2, 2026. Published in GhanaWebYou can gratefully learn from the mistakes of America. 0 Canada: Trump Finds Gangsterism Doesn’t Always End Well October 2, 2026. Published in National Post 0 Related Articles Australia: Iraq ‘Excursion into Hell’ May Be Over, but There’s No End in Sight for Today’s Worsening Conflicts October 2, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia Australia: How a Sloppy Republican Attempt To Ensnare a Trump Enemy Backfired Spectacularly October 1, 2026. Published in Sydney Morning Herald Australia: China Is No Longer Playing by American Rules as Xi Jinping Looks to His Next Term September 28, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia Australia: The Reserve Bank of Australia Has No Choice but To Hike Rates as US Currency Crown Slips September 28, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia Australia: The ‘Striking’ Difference in How Trump and Xi Used Their Invisible Summit September 25, 2026. Published in Sydney Morning Herald Previous articleRussia Is Right About SyriaNext articleDrumbeat Grows for US Troops in Middle East War LEAVE A REPLY Cancel replyLog in to leave a comment