Isn't it the case, though, that ISIL has at some times used assymetrical warfare and at other times more conventional warfare, the latter of which has been instrumental in holding large swathes of territory?
If this air campaign forces ISIL to switch tactics, limiting themselves to assymetrical warfare, then that whole equation changes. I fully agree, though, that ISIL wont completely go away unless their local enemies get their stuff together and local Sunnis turn decisively against them.
Isn't it the case, though, that ISIL has at some times used assymetrical warfare and at other times more conventional warfare, the latter of which has been instrumental in holding large swathes of territory?
If this air campaign forces ISIL to switch tactics, limiting themselves to assymetrical warfare, then that whole equation changes. I fully agree, though, that ISIL wont completely go away unless their local enemies get their stuff together and local Sunnis turn decisively against them.