Cronin (2015) claims that the best strategy to combat Isis is offensive containment: "a combination of limited military tactics and a broad diplomatic strategy to halt Isis expansion, isolate the group, and degrade its capabilities". In this essay I will explain my opinion regarding the preferred strategy to fight Isis. In my opinion, what may work for the benefit the US foreign policy is not necessarily good for the security of the state of Israel.
Isis is a pseudo state, because it occupies a territory, it keeps military capabilities, it controls lines of communications, and it has sophisticated military organization. In addition, as we see in Martin Himel's lecture it makes extensive use in