La question-qu’elle-est-bonne de Juan Cole :
▻http://www.juancole.com/2015/05/beheaded-palmyra-strategic.html
The big question is how Daesh, supposedly being bombed by coalition aircraft, was allowed to send out a substantial convoy down desert roads to Palmyra from Raqqa. The Pentagon has been issuing statistics on so many bombing raids etc. for months, but unless the bombing is degrading Daesh’s capabilities then it is a waste of taxpayer money.