The head of Britain's MI6 intelligence service, Alex Younger, said today that the Islamist threat to the West will last for years, as simply taking over territory from Islamic State terrorists will not resolve the deeper global fractures that have created the extremists.
As reported by Reuters, Younger, when asked by CIA director John Brennan during a panel in Washington, D.C., whether the path of Islamist terrorism has reached its climax, replied that it is, "unfortunately, a permanent question that will follow us for the rest of our professional lives." ".
As Younger said, globalization, the information revolution, deepening sectarian divisions in the Middle East and failed states will ensure that terrorism remains a threat.
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