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Can the West Destroy ISIS?
Western officials say they've increased "momentum" against the Islamic State, and high-ranking ISIS leaders are being killed. But can military action destroy ISIS if Muslim societies don't address angry young people caught between modernization and an ancient religion?
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenWestern officials say they've increased "momentum" against the Islamic State, and high-ranking ISIS leaders are being killed. But can military action destroy ISIS if Muslim societies don't address angry young people caught between modernization and an ancient religion?
Today's Talking Point: President Obama last night chided the Fourth Estate for enabling the rise of Donald Trump.
Photo: A fighter of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) holds an ISIL flag and a weapon on a street in the city of Mosul (Reuters/Stringer)
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