CSPAN3 Politics Public Policy Today September 10, 2014
In the effort to lead the global jihad. With isil increasingly posturing itself as the legitimate followon or heir to Osama Bin Laden or al qaeda vision. And what that is also doing is causing intellectual ferment in the Community Around the world. We see this from other affiliates as they seek to decide for themselves, do we align with isil or maintain fidelity to our traditional bonds of loyalty to al qaeda core . One thing we can observe pretty obviously is that success breeds success. When isil has had success on the battlefield in taking over large swaths of territory in iraq, that has se...