'Epic Fury' is a war for peace

(JNS ) — “Operation Epic Fury” is a watershed moment in the moral and geopolitical realignment of the Middle East. It is the execution of a strategy that has been forming for years. Beneath the headlines about strikes and sorties lies a coherent framework aimed at reshaping the region by distinguishing governments that terrorize and destroy from those willing to cooperate in a new regional order anchored in stability, economic growth and peace.

The military dimensions of the operation focuses on breaking the mechanisms through which radical ideology is translated into coercive force. Airfields...