ISIS not Contained — US Intelligence

There could have been no worse development for Obama, since events like this wake Americans out of their slumber and leave them wanting a decisive leader who will aggressively go after the terrorists.

The terrifying reality that it was in fact a terrorist attack should, then, be doubly unsettling. One of the AUMFs covers military action in Iraq and the other is used to justify action against al Qaeda. So this was an act of terrorism.

Quite a contrast to the ringing words of FDR on December 8, 1941, the day after Pearl Harbor was attacked: “As commander in chief of the Army and Navy, I have directed that all measures be taken for our defense”. I would like to believe that we have other options. ISIS is a threat that has gone well beyond Syria’s borders, into places like Libya, Egypt, France, and – as we saw last week – even the U.S. “The group Boko Haram in Nigeria, which has been conducting a terrorist campaign in the country for years, is affiliated with ISIS, though the two are considered separate entities”, the study said. Still, the idea of an allied ground offensive to destroy ISIS needs to be at least seriously discussed. Iraqi forces have been advancing on Ramadi in western Iraq, hoping to retake the city from IS extremists.

“It’s a huge decision if you’re going to deploy any forces in any way”.

“He needed to persuade people that our fears will subside when we’re engaged actively in the destruction of ISIS, and from there you would have a strategy that would be much more comprehensive”, said Bush.

Who wants to find out how this story ends, if the Syrian civil war is not resolved diplomatically on President Obama’s watch?

The ISIS gain got their weapons by seizing stock from the Iraqi military.

“The American people are understandably concerned in the aftermath of the horrific attack in San Bernardino and increasingly apprehensive about the prospect of another terrorist attack on American soil”, the senators wrote.

I have worked with tens of thousands of refugees and displaced persons over the years – Somali, Afghan, Palestinian, Rwandan and Bosnian – so it is hard for me to imagine my country shutting the door on these Syrians.

Here at home, we can do more together to immediately address this challenge. “What could possibly be the argument for allowing a terrorist suspect to buy a semi-automatic weapon?” he said. We can not afford to put off the debate about sensible gun control laws any longer.

Several of these candidates have publicly stated this is because refugees can not be properly screened and vetted before entering the country. The Greatest Generation knew that in regard to World War II, and our president knows it now… but, of course, Jeff knows better.

This is what we should do.

“We must learn the lesson of Iraq”. That’s what groups like ISIL want. That, too, is what groups like ISIL want.

“ISIL does not speak for Islam”. They are thugs and killers, and account for a tiny fraction of more than a billion Muslims around the world who reject their hateful ideology. Always will we remember the character of the onslaught against us.

I am confident America will succeed in this mission because we are on the right side of history.

First, it is essential that we have a serious, two-way discussion about ways to ensure firearms that make it particularly easy to kill a lot of people quickly do not wind up in the hands of those bent on using them to kill innocent victims. The tribesmen mostly didn’t show up, and no wonder: The Shiite-led government in Baghdad still refuses to approve a Sunni “national guard” with real power.