A puzzle for anyone interested in strategy. On the anniversary of 9/11, in the night to Thursday U.S. President Obama declared war on a new terrifying enemy that eclipses even Al Qaeda: the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. ISIS is unlike any foe the United States has ever faced. It has state-of-the-art weapons systems, financial resources, and savvy tactics on social networks. Above all, it has largely autonomous fighters fired by a vision to rebuild the ancient caliphate and by a fanatic ideology of death for anyone who disagrees with them. Will ISIS be defeated? Will the United States and its allies be able to tackle a strategic threat unlike any they have ever seen?
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