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Rethink plan to stop Islamic terrorists

Islamic State terrorists – still, for some reason, referred to by many in the media as “militants” or “extremists” – say they have beheaded another American. Given the butchers’ track record, there is no reason to doubt their claim.

Peter Kassig, an American who made himself vulnerable by attempting to help refugees in Syria, is the Islamic State’s most recent U.S. victim. Add him to the hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people – including children -massacred by the terrorists.

U.S. efforts to battle the Islamic State have barely slowed down its conquering march through Syria and Iraq. Already, the Islamic State rules large swaths of terroritory and controls enormous assets, both financial and military.

Islamic State leaders grow more powerful and, it appears, more vicious by the day.

President Barack Obama’s administration continues to insist it is taking decisive steps against the Islamic State. Clearly, they are not working. That is obvious to both Democrats and Republicans in Washington and throughout the country.

U.S. strategy and tactics against the Islamic State need to be reassessed, in concert with both other countries and groups such as the Kurdish people of Syria, Iraq and Turkey.

Unless more is done to halt the Islamic State’s march – then to destroy it – the terrorist organization will continue to gain power.

That will result in even bloodier atrocities, making those to date seem mild in comparison.

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