Thirteen youths were murdered by ISIS last week – their offense? Watching a soccer game on television. That atrocity had nothing to do with the United States. President Obama refused for nearly six years even to utter the word "terrorism." He has begun to speak the word, but still denies the Islamic component. There must be a purpose to his refusal, but the President fails to understand that by failing to define the cause he sends a message that these thousands of incidents are random, and have no common thread. It's as if there are 40 or 50 "lone wolf" assaults every week.
Until the world’s Muslim communities rise up in revulsion against the crimes committed in their name, this war will never end. We could add that until the “moderate” Middle Eastern governments and western governments stop bankrolling the terrorists, the war will never end.