This is an interesting take:
Why Washington Should Declare War on ISIS - NationalJournal.com
IS is calling itself a state. It is acting like one - defending its boundaries, imposing its authority. Why not declare war on it?
Also, chilling information on its members:
The part about freely traveling to the US is key. We all know that, an otherwise law abiding "proper" person can get firearms. Get enough of them together....
Rhetorical questions - how many IS sympathizers would it take to pull a Beslan? Or something similar at a theater? Or a shopping center? Or state capital (Mosul is the capital of the Iraq Nineveh province)?
Why Washington Should Declare War on ISIS - NationalJournal.com
IS is calling itself a state. It is acting like one - defending its boundaries, imposing its authority. Why not declare war on it?
Also, chilling information on its members:
Most importantly, ISIS today represents a direct and growing threat to the United States. It has attracted an estimated 12,000 foreign fighters to its black banner flying over Syrian and Iraqi territory, including hundreds of Europeans and Americans who can travel freely with Western passports. It has a bigger sanctuary, far more money, and is more indiscriminately murderous than al-Qaida was on Sept. 10, 2001. ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has assured anyone who will listen that he eventually intends to direct his jihad at the United States, telling the U.S. soldiers who released him from prison in 2009, "I'll see you in New York."
The part about freely traveling to the US is key. We all know that, an otherwise law abiding "proper" person can get firearms. Get enough of them together....
Rhetorical questions - how many IS sympathizers would it take to pull a Beslan? Or something similar at a theater? Or a shopping center? Or state capital (Mosul is the capital of the Iraq Nineveh province)?