This weekend Vago Muradian interviewed Lt Gen (ret) David Deptula, most famous for his involvement as a key planner for the Desert Storm air campaign. Lt Gen Deptula said Desert Storm introduced five changes to the character of warfare, not “nature” He said IS possesses the five elements of a state, namely:1.2.3.4.5. The Western leaders are unwilling to grant IS the legitimacy of it being a state so they persist in calling IS names like ISIS, ISIL, Daesh.”]
Source: https://taosecurity.blogspot.com/2016/01/lt-gen-david-deptula-on-desert-storm.html