Intelligence Squared debate: ISIS must be defeated
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Iraqi families who fled recent fighting near the city of Mosul prepare to sleep on the ground as they try to enter a temporary displacement camp but are blocked by Kurdish soldiers on July 3, 2014 in Khazair, Iraq. The families, many with small and sick children, have no shelter and little water and food. The displacement camp Khazair is now home to an estimated 1,500 internally displaced persons (IDP's) with the number rising daily. Tens of thousands of people have fled Iraq's second largest city of Mosul after it was overrun by ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) militants. Many have been temporarily housed at various IDP camps around the region including the area close to Erbil, as they hope to enter the safety of the nearby Kurdish region.
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In this Intelligence Squared debate the motion is "Containment is not enough: ISIS must be defeated."
Four former State and Defense Department officials debate the topic.
For the motion: Michele Flournoy and Philip Zelikow.
Against the motion: Anne-Marie Slaughter and Dov Zakheim.
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