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In reply to the discussion: Do you agree with the Obama administration that ISIS is an "imminent threat"? [View all]BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)ISIS is growing rapidly, becoming more dangerous than al-Qaeda and the Taliban, because they're expanding their membership to young men born and raised in other countries like England, Holland, Germany, Turkey, Belgium, and the U.S. and these young men all have duel-nationalities. They are dangerous to the safety of these countries.
They've already stolen U.S. war equipment out of Iraq (with help from Iran), and have gotten hundreds of millions of dollars of ransom for the release of foreign prisoners. They have three more Americans imprisoned that they're going to behead because they know they're not going to get the $100 million ransom for them as they do for journalists from other countries because America doesn't negotiate with terrorists. So they'll use American prisoners for propaganda purposes to strike fear in the hearts of people all around the globe.
So I trust when this president says they're a growing threat. As you've pointed out, President Obama doesn't hype things. Never has. And he's got the intelligence we don't, so he sees what we can't. I'll take his word for it, too.