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LEHIGH VALLEY MORNING CALL OP-ED: … Even as its “state” is being attacked on the battlefield, ISIS has now undertaken a foreign policy of state-sponsored terrorism, just as Libya did under Gadhafi. U.S. strategy must change from looking at ISIS as just an international terrorist organization to be disrupted, but rather as a would-be state to be defeated…
But our priority must…include targeting of the oil fields ISIS controls for immense profits in northeast Syria and the bureaucratic headquarters identified in Raqqa, the “capitol” of the illegitimate ISIS state. This is the basis of ISIS’ power and it is why its leaders established their caliphate first, before trying to destabilize other states…
Second, and most importantly, we must lead diplomatically in bringing about the necessary “alliance of convenience” among those states opposed to ISIS — most significantly, those that are often adversarial to U.S. interests. This is the balance of power strategy that is absolutely essential to end the state of ISIS.… (more)
Joe Sestak is a former Navy admiral and congressman. He is a candidate for U.S. Senate from Pennsylvania in 2016.
