Opinion

Remember Paris and Strike Back

Once again terrorists have struck. And around the world, starting with France, citizens are defiantly cringing. They wait for the next shoe to drop and fear that the Islamic State is a centipede.
Remember Paris and Strike Back
French soldiers patrol the Trocadero place near the Eiffel Tower, in Paris, on Nov. 21, 2015. AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani
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Once again terrorists have struck.

And around the world, starting with France, citizens are defiantly cringing. They wait for the next shoe to drop and fear that the ISIS is a centipede. They stampede in panic when hearing firecrackers at a memorial rally. Colored lights proclaim “Vive la France” (just as “We are all Charlie” in January).

French President François Hollande declares the terrorism in Paris was an “act of war,” and France will strike back. Then French aircraft hit a couple of targets in Raqqa, an ISIS-controlled city in Syria. Pinpricks anyone?

And we announced U.S. attacks on trucks smuggling crude oil produced in Syria—when the real answer is to bomb pumping stations/refineries in the oil fields. More pinpricks.

There is no compromise with ISIS.