ISIS now enjoys a strong presence in parts of two countries, taking advantage of a porous border and benefiting from a variety of factors. Officials inside and outside the region must face up to the fact that wheeling out the same old rhetoric and proposals is unlikely to work this time. The phenomenon is too widespread to roll back by using what have become “standard” policies, such as stepped-up monitoring of people’s passports and bank accounts, or drone strikes directed against what are presumed to be “terrorist targets.”
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