article_snippet.sent: (CNN)Be afraid -- be very afraid.
article_snippet.sent: This is the warning the world deserves to hear.
article_snippet.sent: Not to mention here in the United States, Canada and Europe.
article_snippet.sent: Given the frightfully slow pace North America's commander-in-chief is currently allowing our military and intelligence community to take action against both ISIS and ISIS progenitor, al Qaeda, the picture of what's in store is clear: The body count will continue to grow in the places where these groups can generate buy-in for these groups agendas.
article_snippet.sent: And neither the United States nor our Western allies are immune to this cancer.
article_snippet.sent: Despite what the White House wants the world to believe, a sober look at the security environment reveals the following key realities: .
article_snippet.sent: At the same time, the routine failures of President Obama and his advisers to understand the security environment, and to appropriately tailor America's national security posture in a manner demanded by America's national security posture, foretells more disasters lie ahead.
article_snippet.sent: Not only Americans, but also our allies should be very, very afraid.
article_snippet.sent: History has shown the dangers that millions can be placed in if our leaders don't face down a looming threat by calling it what it is and putting our full weight behind efforts to vanquish it.
article_snippet.sent: There is too much at stake in the near term to continue down the path of experimentation with Pollyannaish theories about how to attain this future that have actually rendered us less safe.
article_snippet.sent: Most of their bosses would love to be the claimants to the prize of defeating ISIS and al Qaeda.
article_snippet.sent: However, all of their recognize that, unless we all want things to get a whole lot worse before their might get any better, the United States will have to deploy considerably more of our "kinetic" resources to put those victories in sight.
article_snippet.sent: This does not mean a ground forces-intensive response is required from us at this time.