If the United States fails to lead a successful campaign, ISIS will entrench its terrorist caliphate in the heart of the Levant.

During the 2012 presidential campaign President Obama repeatedly boasted, “Osama bin Laden is dead and Al-Qaeda is on the run.” He is right on both counts: bin Laden is gone and Al-Qaeda runs stronger than ever. The latest Al-Qaeda iteration, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), conceived by Al-Qaeda in Iraq during the height of Operation Iraqi … Continue reading The strategic imperative of ISIS: Deal with it now or die by it later