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ria. Significantly, when the last American troops left Iraq, in December 2011, ISIS did not follow them home. "In its various incarnations," notes Daniel Byman, a counterterrorism expert who is a professor at Georgetown, the Islamic State "focused first and foremost on its immediate theater of operations."
e United States was involved militarily all across the world in ways al-Qaeda interpreted as oppressive to Muslims. Still, it's no coincidence that bin Laden and company shifted their focus away from the U.S.S.R. after Soviet troops left Afghanistan and toward the United States after American troops enter
yria. Significantly, when the last American troops left Iraq, in December 2011, ISIS did not follow them home. "In its various incarnations," notes Daniel Byman, a counter-terrorism expert who is a professor at Georgetown, the Islamic State "focused first and foremost on its immediate theater of operations."
e United States was involved militarily all across the world in ways al-Qaeda interpreted as oppressive to Muslims. Still, it's no coincidence that bin Laden and company shifted their focus away from the U.S.S.R. after Soviet troops left Afghanistan and toward the United States after American troops enter
, in the Arab world Rami G. Khouri Article 5. The Washington Post A preemptive strike on the foreign policy failures of the next administration Daniel Byman Article 6. The National Interest China's Uncertain Path Jonathan Levine Article I. NYT U.S. Suspects Iran Was a Wave f Cyberattacks Thom Sh
foreign policy credentials if the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound had failed, as it easily could have.)
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