Zimmerman’s report advises the United States to adapt its counterterrorism strategy to focus on the Salafi-jihadi movement’s key strength – its link to vulnerable Sunni communities – in order to achieve real progress in the fight against terrorist groups. The current approach, an unwinnable game of terrorist whack-a-mole, does not apply pressure to the movement globally and has not had lasting effects.
Thomas Joscelyn – FDD’s Long War Journal