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How effective will airstrikes be against the Islamic State?

Clip: 9/13/2014 | 3m 53s

A Columbia University professor discusses how effective airstrikes in Iraq may be.

As the administration rallies public support in the U.S. for conducting airstrikes against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, how effective will strikes be without boots on the ground? Austin Long, Assistant Professor at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, joins Hari Sreenivasan for more analysis.

09/13/2014 | Rating NR

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