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This piece by @rcallimachi in the @nytimes shows that #IslamicState took measures to live up to its propaganda claims to be providing what it defines as good governance.https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/01/world/middleeast/islamic-state-iraq.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes …
There is no contradiction between IS being efficient and effective in resolving banal local disputes, and between it being a brutal terrorist group. Brutality and effectiveness can go hand in hand. That is the explicitly stated appeal of a lot of authoritarian governments.
All the piece says is that #IslamicState had some success in winning some trust for its justice system, particularly among people neglected by previous governments. This is a limited and verifiable claim backed by documents and testimony.
The piece is awful, inaccurate, and reflects exactly what ISIS wants.
What part is inaccurate? There is documentary evidence that Islamic State did resolve local disputes effectively. That doesn't make them good rulers. It means they achieved some of their objectives, twisted as these objectives are.
Seeing the strengths of an enemy is as important as seeing its weaknesses. Highlighting how IS did better than the Iraqi government is a good lesson for the Iraqi government to learn to prevent their resurgence. At least that's my view.
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