In his speech of September 10, 2014, President Barack Obama finally followed the wisdom of the State of Israel in calling for and preparing “targeted action” to stop the advances of an Islamic terrorist organization and political structure.  This is the right course for dealing with the Islamic State (IS), as it is regarding policy toward Hamas in the Gaza Strip. It is regrettable and rather puzzling that Obama erred in some of his remarks.  He refused to acknowledge that ISIL, as he terms it, is an “Islamic group.”  He also referred to ISIL as a “terrorist organization, pure and simple.”  The world has been horrified by the sight of ISIL or ISIS glorifying in its beheadings of innocent people and mass executions.  But the terrorist group has transformed itself into a self-proclaimed Islamic State that, like Hamas, controls a great deal of the daily life and the work of public institutions in the areas under its...(Read Full Article)