sentences:  According to him, an insurgency is different from a conventional war in that insurgents rely on some level of support from the communities they recruit from.And since it is an insurgency, the Counter-insurgency strategy should have messaging and psychological warfare as its critical parts, with the aim of isolating insurgents from their target host communities.On a physical level, he supported the idea of an international coalition against ISIL, fronted by Sunni Arab forces and backed by international special forces.