Terrorism & Extremism

Brookings Debate: Should the U.S. put boots on the ground to fight ISIS?

Staley Smith
Wednesday, June 24, 2015, 9:54 PM

On Wednesday evening, three policy experts and one U.S. senator went head-to-head in the first ever Brookings Debate, discussing the question at hand: Should the U.S. deploy boots on the ground to fight ISIS?

Arguing in favor of intervention were Michael Doran and Michael O'Hanlon. Arguing against were Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn) and Jeremy Shapiro. You can watch the discussion below.

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On Wednesday evening, three policy experts and one U.S. senator went head-to-head in the first ever Brookings Debate, discussing the question at hand: Should the U.S. deploy boots on the ground to fight ISIS?

Arguing in favor of intervention were Michael Doran and Michael O'Hanlon. Arguing against were Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn) and Jeremy Shapiro. You can watch the discussion below.

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Staley Smith previously was a National Security Intern at the Brookings Institution. She spent the past year studying in Jordan and Israel and will graduate from Johns Hopkins University in 2016 with a major in political science.

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