The Time is NOW

  I’m about to write something that is probably apparent, even though, at this stage, I haven’t read anything that comes right out and says so. So here goes my attempt to fill the vacuum: the time has come to do something about ISIS at the source. While their evil plots against Americans at home have been foiled so far, some will eventually be successful. If we continue to turn a blind eye to ISIS expansion in the Middle East, their successful recruiting efforts, their beheadings, burnings and torture will only increase there and ultimately here. These monsters are even prepared to employ chemical warfare. Julie Bishop, Australia’s foreign minister, in a recent speech said Australia has no doubt The Islamic State group has shown it is prepared to use chemical weapons and is likely to have among its recruits the technical expertise to develop them. Bishop also agrees that the rise of global terror groups such as the Islamic state is one of the gravest security threats faced by the world. Karl Vic, writing in TIME magazine said, “…terrorism experts warn that it (ISIS) will inevitably train its fire on Western targets.”
We are in much the same situation as Britain as Nazi power increased prior to WWII. Britain was still reeling from the huge loss of life in WWI and the people were extremely war weary. They didn’t want to hear anything about another conflict and, consequently, ignored the problem. Soon enough, they could no longer put their head in the sand and had to respond. The result was the nightmare of another war against evil. In the same way, our leaders have refused to face the truth about the growing nightmare of ISIS.
Who wants to go back to war in an area where so many of our youth have given their lives? Who wants to return to a place where the blood of brave Americans stains the desert soil? Who wants to retake the same battlefields won at such a high cost and so recently.
For a long time I’ve taken the position that since the Middle East will likely always be in constant upheaval, so let’s back off and let them fight their own battles. No more blood and treasure for a region that has always been awash in sectarian and political violence. I wish I could say that today but the repercussions would endanger us. Furthermore, the longer we delay the harder and more costly to do what’s needed. The time is NOW!