Martin Dempsey: “It is in our national security interest to counter ISIL, wherever we find them.”

The threats posed by Iran also included its support for proxies, arms trafficking, sea-based mines, and cyber activities.

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

Eliminating one terrible Middle Eastern dictator can too often lead to even more brutal influences filling the leadership vacuum

ISIL would love nothing more than a large presence of United States forces on the ground in Iraq and Syria so that they could have a call to jihad.