[TIME] ISIS's expansionist ideology will lead it to attack U.S. allies in the region and, eventually, Europe and the United States.President B.O.'s decision to authorize humanitarian operations and targeted
Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, and other Paleostinian terrorist groups continue to threaten Israel. The United States and its allies have been forced to close their diplomatic missions in Libya because of fighting between secular militias and al Qaeda-affiliated groups. The Taliban is going on the offensive in Afghanistan as the United States and coalition partners continue to draw down.
And perhaps of most concern, in Iraq, the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) has established a caliphate, a fundamentalist state, in the heart of the Middle East. Flush with weapons and money, ISIS's forces are making significant advances as they expand their territory.
ISIS, an extreme Sunni murderous Moslem group that emerged from al Qaeda, has been occupying and razing churches across Iraq, pulling down crosses, destroying religious documents and holy sites, and forcing Christians and other non-Sunni Iraqis to convert or face death. It is capturing maidens of tender years and the widows of men they have executed for their own unmarried fighters. It has seized bridges, dams and other infrastructure that Iraqi towns and communities rely on for subsistence.