Islamic State fighters routed government forces in the ancient city of Palmyra, taking the city and its ancient ruins and capturing a strategic highway that has severed supply lines to a key eastern city in Syria. True to form, the terrorists then massacred hundreds of rebllious tribesmen. They are expected to begin demolition of ruins that have stood for more than 2000 years. Coupled with ISIS capture of Ramadi in Iraq, the capital of Anbar province, and the advance of Islamic State in Libya, recent gains of the terrorists have exposed the massive failure of President Obama's strategy to fight them. Islamic State is advancing on every front despite air strikes by the US and its allies. Training the Iraqi army, which threw away its weapons and fled in terror from Ramadi, as well as training the "moderate" rebels in Syria may eventually lead to favorable results. But it will be years before either force becomes an effective army and in the meantime, ISIS...(Read Full Post)