There will be many tragedies like Paris to come until the Islamist world changes

Anthony H Cordesman says the only way to prevent further terror attacks like the one in Paris will be for years of real reform of the Islamist world

IT IS one of the grim ironies of the terrorist attacks in Paris that, only a few hours earlier, the media had been calling to ask if the reported killing of ‘Jihadi John’ had somehow marked a “turning point” in the war against terrorism.

The tragedy in Paris has now led to the other side of this routine: Focusing on the immediate risk of future disasters while losing interest in the victories against the Islamic State (IS) in Sinjar.