Warren: Destroying ISIS should be 'No. 1 priority'

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25. Good points

Good article and good points. The funding issue is indeed complex and, as I understand it, largely driven through wealthy individuals rather than official state support. That must be cut off, of course. The West needs to take steps to stop those funds and insist the Gulf states do the same.

The 1400 year rivalry between Shia and Sunni Islam is another deeply complex situation and one the West can't resolve. That will have to be resolved among Muslims themselves. It does create sympathy for armed Sunni (ISIS) and Shia (Hezbollah) terrorist groups to oppose the other, as you said. The US and West have to protect ourselves, though. Currently, Sunni Salafist Islam is a far greater threat to us than Shia terrorism (although we have certainly been targeted by such before). The core ideology and funding have to dealt with to really resolve the problem. Military force can degrade capability, but not resolve the issue. The Obama Administration seems to get this.