By David Francis with Sabine Muscat
Peacekeepers might prevent the rise of another Islamic State. President Barack Obama’s strategy against the Islamic State involves U.S.-led airstrikes and training Iraqi forces to retake captured territory. But the current crisis in Iraq and Syria proves missions to defeat extremism are neither short nor simple ones. After 11 years, thousands of casualties, and billions of U.S. dollars spent, the United States is back in Iraq trying to clean up the mess it left in 2011. Creating a long-term peacekeeping force might be the only way to stop history from repeating itself.
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Source: Foreign Policy
