ISIS (or ISIL) conducts successful military attacks in Syria, Iraq and Libya. They conduct and inspire terror attacks in Paris, Brussels, and San Bernardino. Beheading, slaughter, and other unimaginable atrocities are carried out frequently by ISIS.
This is unacceptable. President Obama has promised that defeating ISIS is his top priority but he wants to defeat them without additional "boots on the ground". He claims he will bring the perpetrators to justice. That's not enough. We need to take aggressive, proactive steps to bring ISIS down and stop these atrocities and we need to do it now.
About three months ago I was listening to American political debates when there were 16 or so Republicans answering questions about how they would manage the ISIS confrontation. None of them really understood what was happening with ISIS. I knew that I didn't know enough to evaluate the politicians intelligently. I wanted to know more so I started a concentrated study of ISIS and published several blogs on www.britainstreetblogs.com.
America needs to lead the war against ISIS but we cannot dol it alone. We need a coordinated military action that will bring ISIS to a negotiated settlement. We need to stop the atrocities in the Middle East and the terror attacks in the rest of the world. We need troops from a coalition of countries who are being terrorized by ISIS.
The book has a five step strategy to describe at a high level how I think that can be done.
Military action in the Middle East
Stop cash flow to ISIS
Cutoff supply lines
Curtail cyber success
Negotiate a peaceful settlement (but negotiating from strength)
This e-book will also describe the current situation and what motivates ISIS.
A glossary at the end describes a number of terms that are commonly thrown around by our politicians but which are not commonly understood.