For it is a dynamic countercultural movement of world historic proportions, with the largest and most diverse volunteer fighting force since World War II, and which, in less than two years, has created a dominion over thousands of square kilometers and millions of people.
What accounts for the failure of “The War on Terror” and efforts to counter the spread and growth of “violent extremism?” Apart from the heedless reactions in anger and revenge that consistently engender more savagery than security is the failure to understand the revolutionary character of radical Arab Sunni revivalism, which ISIL now spearheads. But it is easy amid the bullets, bombs, and bluster, to lose sight of a central fact in the fight against the violent forces of radical Islam: not only are we not stopping its spread, but our efforts to contain the contagion appear to contribute to its strength, while further constraining our own freedoms. Perhaps never in history have so few, with such meager means, caused such fear in so many.
and Russian forces ratcheted up air attacks in Iraq and Syria, while politicians and pundits hammered their publics into existential dread. In response to yet more slaughters perpetrated by the Islamic State (ISIL), security services deployed across Europe, Africa, and America. Maximilien Robespierre, On the Principles of Political Morality, 1794 Terror is only justice prompt, severe and inflexible it is then an emanation of virtue.” “Virtue, without which terror is destructive terror, without which virtue is impotent.
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