Charting ISIS's Rise to Power

(Image by Robert Ariail)

I thought I'd start the work week with a short history/current events lesson. 

Here's an article summarizing the Rise of the Islamic State. 

Al-Qaeda.  ISIS.  Whoever.  As long as we're not trying to decisively defeat them, on all asymmetrical fronts, we'll be playing this game with them for a long time indeed...

(Image by Lisa Benson)