Military Review English Edition March-April 2016 | Page 6

FEATURES
8 How about Winning Our 28 Beheading, Raping, and
Nation’s Wars Instead of
Burning: How the Islamic
Just Participating in Them?
State Justifies Its Actions
Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn,
U.S. Army, Retired

Lt. Cmdr. David G. Kibble,
British Royal Naval Reserve, Retired

The Islamic State presents a clear midand long-term threat to the cultural
and political existence of the West,
according to this former director of the
Defense Intelligence Agency. U.S. military
and civilian leadership must have the
moral and political will to do everything
necessary to beat them.

A British naval officer examines how the
Islamic State justifies actions that the rest of
the world considers barbaric, by considering
the content of its online magazine, Dabiq.

16 How Daesh Uses Language
in the Domain of Religion
Maj. Theresa Ford, U.S. Army
Daesh, also known as the Islamic State,
uses words and ideas as weapons to
motivate and recruit Muslims to its cause,
but words and ideas may also be used to
defeat it.

36 Clouds or Clocks
The Limitations of Intelligence
Preparation of the Battlefield in a
Complex World
Maj. Donald P. Carter, U.S. Army
The author argues that the “intelligence
preparation of the battlefield” model
does not support the high degree of
situational awareness necessary to succeed
in contemporary operating environments
and espouses a systemic approach to
intelligence doctrine.

42 On Convergence, Emergence,
and Complexity
Lt. Gen. Patrick M. Hughes,
U.S. Army, Retired
A former director of the Defense Intelligence
Agency provides his views on the challenges
associated with the current and future
national security environment, warning that
these challenges require new strategies.
He offers some potential solutions to these
problems.

About the Cover: U.S. Special Forces soldiers are extracted
from a mountain in Zabul Province, Afghanistan, by a U.S. Army
UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from Company A, 2nd Battalion,
82nd Aviation Regiment, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, after
executing an air assault mis