Martin Dempsey: “ISIL would love nothing more than a large presence of United States forces on the ground in Iraq and Syria so that they…”

I would not recommend we put United States forces in harm's way... simply to stiffen the spine of local forces.

If we increase our supply of oil, especially into Eastern Europe, we will dent Russia's leverage on other countries and reduce the revenues that fund Russia's aggression.

we have no slack, no margin left for error or strategic surprise

It is in our national security interest to counter ISIL, wherever we find them.