Share the View: Interrogating Jihadis

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THE LATEST OPINIONS FROM BLOOMBERG VIEW

FEBRUARY 14, 2015 bloombergview.com

DECLASSIFIED Eli Lake: "Since Iraqi and Kurdish forces started fighting Islamic State, they have captured scores of the group's fighters. That's what Kurdish and Iraqi commanders and officials told me when I was in the country last week." Read more... Josh Rogin: "Congress is flummoxed about how to deal with President Barack Obama's proposed authorization for war against Islamic State. While there's a sizable majority of members who favor putting congressional guidance on the war, the lack of agreement on how to do so raises the possibility that efforts to pass legislation will founder on Capitol Hill." Read more... TECH Katie Benner: The Barack Obama administration "wants to be a better partner with the tech industry in the fight against cybercrime." Read more... LAW Noah Feldman: "If you were about to lose your kids to a legal guardian who wasn't you, what rights would you have?" A Massachusetts case "is crucially important because it deals with a fundamental problem in child welfare law: who gets to take guardianship of children in troubled situations, and why." Read more... EUROPE Leonid Bershidsky: "As the European Union and Greece wrangle over the future of the latter's bailout, it's useful to put the Greek demands for debt relief in perspective." Read more... U.S. ECONOMY Mark Whitehouse: "For all the progress the U.S. economy has been making, a nagging question comes up from time to time: Might the growth be a bit too dependent on credit-fueled auto sales?" Read more... COMPANIES Justin Fox: "Of the 206 companies that had initial public offerings in the U.S. in 2014, 71 percent had no profits in the year before their IPOs." Are the '90s back? Read more... RELIGION Stephen L. Carter: "It's easy to neglect the role of faith in the life of the individual believer. Kayla Mueller, in her last weeks, was comforted by her faith, and by her certainty that others were praying for her." Read more... 2016 ELECTIONS Jonathan Bernstein: "Is Chris Christie 2016 just about over?" Read more... CULTURE Megan McArdle: "The best odds for being happy lie in finding someone who can't wait to spend the rest of his life with you. Hopefully, that one is sitting next to you on the couch right now. But if he's not, then it's time to go figure out where he is." Read more...