Violence and Strike in Syria: The Future Strategy
In fact, this turbulence-centered issue precipitates to three fundamental aspects, likely to be profoundly investigated with their future ramifications. These aspects of the study include domestic, regional and international:
Domestically, the locals support is considered as the most important component of the military strategy, aimed at toppling ISIS. It is projected that IS combative capability is worth mentioning. That is why US forces are required to cope with them with acute plans and iron fist. Thus, given the IS capability, the local tribes and peoples support is important. According to a source, "The nationalistic Opposition should be supported."[i]
Regionally, the efforts are required to be realistically made for amassing the augmented strength before landing on the battlefield in a quest to confront with the adversary. This goal can promptly be pulled off when alliances are revitalized with the Arab friends. According to Fredric, "Sunni Arab world's sustained involvement in war is important."[ii] That is how The Sunni Friends can prove productive in the said struggle.
However, there might be two restraints, which can fetter the outcome of this plan. First, this restraint includes the Arabs security concerns and reservation regarding the past US apathy. Nonetheless, this can be removed by ensuring them security assurance. According to a research fellow, "The only way we can build up our alliances is by providing security to our friends."[iii]
Second, Iran's role is another restraint that USA, the leading actor in fight against ISIS, has to face. This fight unveils the importance of Iran. Excluding Tehran, the fight might expand towards other frontiers with the challenging powers having auspicious access to the conflict prone zone. However, in this pursuit, the Arab's reservations cannot be pacified. That is why an effort, aimed at unity with Arabs, ultimately would remain futile.
Internationally, the competition with the challenging powers cannot be ignored in the matter of the fight against ISIS. According to Pepe, "How does full spectrum dominance apply when two actual competitors, Russia and China begin to make their presence felt?"[iv]
Particularly, Russia has reservations upon what secretive plans the US establishment pursues in Syria. Therefore, the keen diplomatic interaction is relevant to forgo any collision against Moscow in these critical moments. It depends on how Washington interacts with Moscow specifically when the former is locked into indirect conflicts with the latter. Accordingly, the US military strategy against ISIS in both strategic as well as tactical levels would be succeeded.
In wake of the said military actions, the displaced and effected populace needs many sympathies. Their troubles can be estimated only by suffers. However, the architects of the preventive strategy should think on basis that these effect-tees should be cooperated and given financial support to let them settle in their respective areas after the ISIS is tackled so that they might not join the ranks of global jihadists and the peace and stability may forever be restored.
[i] Nicolas Burns, Arab Allies Key in Fight against ISIS, The Atlantic Council, September 25, 2014.
[ii] Fredric C. Hof, Strikes in Syria: one Hand Clapping, The Atlantic Council, September 24, 2014.
[iii] Michael Doran, Why Flexing America's Muscles in the Middle East will not make Things worse? Brookings Institute, October 03, 2014.
[iv] Pepe Escobar, Can China and Russia squeeze Washington out of Eurasia? Oriental Review Research Journal, October 10, 2014.
[iv] James Dobbins, Does ISIL represent a threat to United States?, Rand Corporation, October 3, 2014.
[v] Mathew J. Burrows, Middle East 2020: Shaped by or Shaper of Trends, The Atlantic Council, August 14, 2014.
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