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Defeating ISIS might be just the beginning
With the votes still coming in, we’ll look ahead at one of the major challenges facing the next President of the United States: the fight against ISIS. It’s a legacy of George W. Bush’s invasion of Iraq, one that Barack Obama has struggled unsuccessfully to leave behind.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readWith the votes still coming in, we’ll look ahead at one of the major challenges facing the next President of the United States: the fight against ISIS. It’s a legacy of George W. Bush’s invasion of Iraq, one that Barack Obama has struggled unsuccessfully to leave behind. The battle to liberate Mosul from the Islamic State has been raging for the past month. The US is backing an unlikely coalition of forces who’ve come together despite ancient grievances between one another.
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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Jenny Hamel
KCRW
Katie Cooper
Producer, 'One year Later'
Paul von Zielbauer
Co-founder of Geezer magazine, former producer for To the Point and Which Way LA?; former reporter for the New York Times
Molly Hennessy-Fiske
Washington Post reporter
Michael R. Gordon
New York Times
Zalmay Khalilzad
former diplomat
The full episode
2 of 3Defeating ISIS might be just the beginning- 1:52What to watch for as the polls close
- 8:52Defeating ISIS might be just the beginningYou’re reading this
- 43:56China puts Hong Kong’s democracy on notice