I shall say at the outset that I do not support the latest effort to generate enthusiasm for war in Iraq or Syria. Our nation seems to have learned nothing about dealing with radical Islam and is intent on subdividing it into newer, nastier cultivars.
And if that were not enough, we do the same domestically with our intelligence and military contractors.
Witness the plaintive whine of Blackwater's founder:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/former-blackwater-ceo-says-his-mercenaries-could-have-stopped-isis-if-not-for-obama/