The cancer within

"If they have such a deep penetration in Europe, can we be far behind? Or are they already here?" 

Two stories have broken in the past week that can chills up anyone's back. The first one I heard quoted more than once, but I did not get the source so I will not discuss it much. The story said that the Islamic State now has 6,000 trained assets in Europe and many others in countries in Northern Africa. The other one is from a recent AP story. This story claims that the Islamic State has 400 trained assets in Europe, poised to cause a "wave of bloodshed".

Some of our military leaders both active and retired, believe most of the assets deployed have been trained in Raqqa, Iraq. And we have known that for months, maybe years. If that truly is the head of the snake, why have we not gone in and cut it off? Use the Powell Doctrine. In fact, we have just the opposite. We have reduced on our air campaign in the region. Cut down on our sorties. Would it not have made more sense to (as Ted Cruz put it), to go in and "carpet bomb them"?

The bottom line is this. It is obvious that the Islamic State wants to infiltrate countries where they can operate cells - some with impunity. And according to our intelligence experts, the operatives are not only getting more numerous, they are also getting smarter. And stealthier. They are harder to track. If they have such a deep penetration in Europe, can we be far behind? Or are they already here?

People who care, have talked about our open southern border until they are blue in the face. And yet as of today, our southern border is still porous. And once trained Islamic assets get across our border, we have real trouble. The number of soft target opportunities in our country is staggering. Churches, restaurants, sporting events, movie theaters, schools, the list goes on and on. And keep one thing in mind. These terrorists have no soul. They don't care who they kill and how they kill them. If you don't believe it, go on the internet and see the grotesque manner how the Islamic State kills Christians in Iraq and Syria. 

Right now our country is like a house in a high crime neighborhood which leaves its doors unlocked at night. It is not a matter of if, but when trouble strikes. If we don't do something quickly, Brussels and Paris will soone be replaced with Chicago, Denver, Minot or anywhere, USA. The danger is near folks. We might already have the cancer within.