After successfully relabeling tribal insurgencies in Iraq and in Syria to "ISIL", "ISIS", or "IS", which had originally been labeled "Al Qaeda", and which mostly consist of a collection of Youtube videos,
Obama now says that he will defeat this entire label. The problem is, of course, what will prevent Obama from inventing yet another label?
Look at the Orwellian language that they use in the article:
- Lots of independent, local, tribal insurgents began rejecting centralized rule from Baghdad becomes The group seized broad swathes of territory.
- The central Baghdad government managed to put down the tribal insurgency in some towns becomes It has succeeded in breaking Islamic State's grip on some towns
- Many of these tribal insurgents are amateurs in military matters and certainly not professional soldiers becomes The extremist group can be beaten in conventional military fights.
- Insurgencies created and controlled by the CIA becomes Moderate rebel groups.
Obama needed a justification to start bombing tribal insurgencies and to restore control by the American-controlled central government in Baghdad. Hence, the need for harrowing Youtube videos meant to demonize the tribal insurgents. Of course, Obama can defeat a collection of Youtube videos, especially when he is the one who had them fabricated in the first place!