Rational Security: The "Carpet Bombs and Chicken Hawks" Edition

Benjamin Wittes
Thursday, December 17, 2015, 12:50 PM

This week on Rational Security, special guest Will McCants joins Shane and Tamara to figure out what ISIS must have thought about the Republican presidential candidates’ plans to carpet bomb them. We ask whether America’s Arab partners are finally getting serious about fighting ISIS, after Saudi Arabia announces of a new “Islamic military alliance” comprising 34 countries – including some who didn’t even know they were allies!

Plus, you can see a page from ISIS’s school textbooks, and Tamara sings the praises of Washington’s many interns.

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This week on Rational Security, special guest Will McCants joins Shane and Tamara to figure out what ISIS must have thought about the Republican presidential candidates’ plans to carpet bomb them. We ask whether America’s Arab partners are finally getting serious about fighting ISIS, after Saudi Arabia announces of a new “Islamic military alliance” comprising 34 countries – including some who didn’t even know they were allies!

Plus, you can see a page from ISIS’s school textbooks, and Tamara sings the praises of Washington’s many interns.

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Benjamin Wittes is editor in chief of Lawfare and a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of several books.

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