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# The Unbearable Lightness of America’s War Against the Islamic State | Foreign Policy
- URL: https://joshualore.com/inthemiddleway/the-unbearable-lightness-of-americas-war-against/
- Published: 2015-12-12T19:25:13.000Z
- Updated: 2015-12-12T19:25:13.000Z
- Author: Joshua Lore
- Tags: Uncategorized, #Migrated-1788408094757, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-09-03 00:01

I try not to use this space for overtly political thoughts very often, but this is a strong piece by my friend Stephen Walt over at FP, with a worthy bit of harking to Kundera’s wonderful novel, The Unbearable Lightness of Being.

[The Unbearable Lightness of America’s War Against the Islamic State | Foreign Policy](https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/12/11/the-unbearable-lightness-of-americas-war-against-the-islamic-state-obama-san-bernardino-us/?ref=joshualore.com)