ISIS – Coming to a City Near You?

The Obama Administration can deny that the ‘Islamic State’ (ISIS) is not at war with America all it wants; but their rhetoric, numerous threats, and recent beheading of an American journalist suggest otherwise.  And according to one U.S. senator, they’re already developing a plan to blow up a major U.S. city.

 

It is a serious warning coming from Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) as he cautions of the potential for another attack on American soil.  In an interview with Fox 25, Inhofe spoke about national security as a ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.  “We're in the most dangerous position we’ve ever been in as a nation,” he told Fox 25’s Phil Cross.  “They [ISIS] are really bad terrorists … they’re so bad even al-Qaida is afraid of them,” Inhofe said reflecting on the recent beheading of American journalist James Foley.

 

Beyond the ISIS beheading, Inhofe said the current terror organizations are not going to stay contained to the Middle East.  “They’re crazy out there and they’re rapidly developing a method of blowing up a major U.S. city and people just can’t believe that's happening.”

 

Inhofe blames policy decisions from the Obama Administration and cuts in defense spending for put-ting the country in what he calls a dangerous situation.  “He’s [President Obama] going to have to come up with something that we’re going to do because they’re holding another hostage in place; and the problem is, the President says all these things and he never does them,” Inhofe said.

 

Chicago has been named as a “top potential target” for international terrorists.  According to Ross Rice, a former FBI agent in Chicago and CBS 2 security expert, many terror organizations refer to the ‘Windy City’ as “Obama Town.”

 

Meanwhile, the White House said it was considering air strikes in Syria against ISIS.  “We’re not going to be restricted by borders,” said Ben Rhodes, White House national security adviser to the president.  “We’re actively considering what’s going to be necessary to deal with that threat.”

 

ISIS was recently described by one senior regional diplomat as “the most capable military power in the Middle East outside Israel,” reports The Guardian.

 

Perhaps President Obama ought to play less golf and go back to shooting hoops on the basketball court because ISIS is not a JV team … but a serious contestant!

 

Rev. Dr. Kenneth L. Beale, Jr.

Chaplain (Colonel-Ret), U.S. Army

Pastor, Ft. Snelling Memorial Chapel