Tuesday, September 2nd 2014

The beheading of Steven Sotloff is further reason to declare war on ISIS. It is time for a Shock and Awe scale aerial strike against their main bases at Raqqa Syria and Mosul Iraq.  We have far better reason for waging this fight than we did in 3/03.  To demonstrate that we are not waging war on all Sunni Muslims, President Obama should attempt involving the air forces of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Turkey, and the Gulf States. If they refuse to help, then their tacit support for or compliance with the extremists will be exposed.  Regardless, the United States must defend its national interests, including the right of our citizens not to be tortured and defiled.