article_snippet.sent: so what they do is they withdraw ... then take initiative elsewhere.
article_snippet.sent: they have to distract attention from those losses by gains and attacks elsewhere.
article_snippet.sent: It continues they image of initiative, of shocking, of reshaping the world -- which is what they are trying to do.
article_snippet.sent: What does the map tell us about the coalition's strategy?
article_snippet.sent: that's an area they have lots of support
article_snippet.sent: Above all this is a rhetorical war that is being fought deliberately in the media.
article_snippet.sent: they are losing so of course they are going to try to distract us by destroying ancient statues in Nimrud and killing refugees in camps like Yarmouk.