As for Hollande’s boast that France will destroy Isis, history tells us that he will be sorely mistaken. Isis – especially the ideology that motivates its members – cannot be eradicated through bombs.
What happened in Paris has been described as a “Mumbai-style attack”, but it did not provoke a Mumbai-style response. I wish it had.
Social media postings focus on the increasing religious overtones in Turkey and its ties with ISIS or lack of its resistance against ISIS.
On the other hand, there is strong presence of social media dissatisfaction with the unequal coverage of the terrorist acts in Ankara, the downing of the Russian jet and the massacre at the Kenyan university.
News such as the behavior of the Turkish soccer fans can easily sway the public opinion against refugees, without knowing deeper and analyzing the reasons for such behavior.