A National Security Problem

What has happened to our moral compass that we have allowed a terrorist organazition to become a threat to humanity and the global economy?  The cause of the  problem is,from my point of view, that two parties in Washington put bandaids on things, and the effect is that the infection never heals. Congress and the administration have  allowed a pre-existing condition to get totally out of hand. By ignoring to aide Syrian moderates  some months ago,  turning our backs on the fact that  over 200,000 people were being killed by  the Assad regime, various groups have morphed creating  ISIS, the Islamic State in Syria. This organization grows daily as if it were a cancer. ISIS strikes like the Nazi blitzkreig of World War II. They kill without mercy; they commit atrocity after atrocity. Crimes against women are many and varied; one can only imagine. Oddly enough, it took the beheadings of two Americans for the Administration to act. U.S.  air strikes have been numerous, and yet have done minimal damage in derailing  an ISIS advance.The city of Kobani, on the Syrian border with our NATO ally Turkey, is almost gone dispite 46 air strikes from  U.S. planes.  Another humanitarian catastrophe ....Saving, rescing the innocent citizens is  not part of  our mission! This type of action is weakening our effectiveness  as  a moral  leader of  the free world  and strengthening the position of the enemy.  ISIS is serious problem ; left unchecked, ISIS  is  a national security problem and moreover an international security dilemma.  The answer lies in asking the right questions  and getting to the root of the problem  .  The United States must lead by the best example possible!