IS blows up temple in Syria's Palmyra

Someday there really needs to be a museum to the Obama failures so that others can learn how not to run countries. His Middle East strategy is right up there.

This not only confirms but warns the world of the "religious" and "philosophical" nature of the war carried out by ISIS.

It is almost exactly the same kind of action taken by the communist movement some years ago. In Europe, Russia and in China, millions were slaughtered and historical artifacts that "remind" and "educate" youths and are "symbolic" for other ideals and thoughts were systematically destroyed.

That is not a"military" move but a well "designed" move to not only psychologically and emotional affect others, but also to destroy the past to create a new, based upon their own philosophy of life. That means the true leaders are not military but ideological and may be theological since what are being destroyed relate directly to theological religious history.

The target for the those wishing to survive cannot be the the actual fighters, but those pushing the idealism, the religious aspect of the movement. Or... there shall be a never ending and continuous war as between the Jewish community and the Muslim community. Meanwhile, the rest of the world will be affected and pulled into the conflict.

If freedom of religion means allowing religions to make war and kill for their beliefs, then I personally cannot accept.

Someday there really needs to be a museum to the Obama failures so that others can learn how not to run countries. His Middle East strategy is right up there.

"Someday there really needs to be a museum to the Obama successes so that others can learn how not to run countries. His Middle East strategy is right up there."

Fixed that for you. Not intervening in the ME is the right thing to do.

Obama screwed up in Syria from the start, and continues to screw up now. Putin told him exactly what was going to happen if he kept on with financing and arming extremist rebel groups with ties to Al Qaeda, and ISIS. Putin even offered to work together to maintain stability. But noooooooo... Can't do that because we have other disagreements with the Russians. Saudi Arabia continues to fund ISIS and Al Qaeda. Some ally they are. Meanwhile, Obama looks on helplessly, unable to formulate a workable strategy

Everyone here points a finger at the USA President for his" inaction."

If that is so, have you asked WHY he did not take action?

Action as well as INACTION gets whatever RESULTS that individual really intended. He continuously did not take any action and even avoided and still does not call the war as it is, a religious war. WHY?

If that was the case, what is happening today is the result that was wanted by the President.

If not, then what is it?

CJ, the destruction of an old building might be a loss to humanity, but it does not threaten the interests of the United States or the well being of the American people. No American soldiers have died. No taxpayer dollars were squandered. If IS is as bad as they are saying, let the civilized world wake up and look for ways of getting rid of them. People who blame Obama for everything in the world they find objectionable are not, IMHO, thinking in what could be described as a composed and rational manner.

When are the other Muslims of the world going to come together and oust these IS wackos?

"Not intervening in the ME is the right thing to do."

Yes, leaving Saddam Hussein in control of Iraq and Kuwait would have been better...

he key to all this is that the past is really past and the current problem is that destruction continues. Does not matter now, what the world leaders did or did not do. It is how will we "resolve" the problem with the least destruction and loss of lives, if that is at all possible.

With recruitment by ISIS done via the web, and thousands continuing to join a cause totally distant from where they are, we must first find out with whom or with what are these youths "identifying themselves with" as they join the religious military movement. They are joining even with the possibility of "death" is on the table. They are joining knowing that they are being "sacrificed" to benefit not themselves but a radical religious philosophy that is trying to manifest itself physically.

Yes, leaving Saddam Hussein in control of Iraq and Kuwait would have been better...

Zingo! You are attempting a sleight of hand to mix the two separate Gulf Wars: 1991 Operation "Desert Storm" and 2003 Operation "Blame 9-11 on Saddam and make Dick Cheney and Halliburton Rich." I hope the other readers in here can see through that.

I can't blame Obama for this. When you take out a strong, oppressive central government, be it Iraq or Yugoslavia, things to go to hell.

I do believe leaving things well enough would have been better, especially considering Saddam did not do 9/11. It's pathetic, really. Think of what we could have achieved focusing only on Afganistan.

When are the other Muslims of the world going to come together and oust these IS wackos?

Is ISIS the only evil involved? Seems to me the only to oust anybody involved is to fight another person calling themselves Muslim.

And I am certainly confused why you add that to an article concerning the destruction of an uninhabited, basically unused and non-Muslim building.

If there is a side worth supporting in this conflict, I don't know which it is. And its not like breaking it up while supporting none of them is a realistic option.

I tend to blame the Muslim extremists who blew up the place.

The ISIS were gaining ground, thanks to obama's Arab Spring campaign and his strategy of NO STRATEGY. But I dont think he cares about the consequences of ME, his excellence cares himself only.

Yes, leaving Saddam Hussein in control of Iraq and Kuwait would have been better...

Actually, now a lot of Iraqis think something like that.

"Not intervening in the ME is the right thing to do."

"Yes, leaving Saddam Hussein in control of Iraq and Kuwait would have been better..."

"Zingo! You are attempting a sleight of hand to mix the two separate Gulf Wars: 1991 Operation "Desert Storm" and 2003 Operation "Blame 9-11 on Saddam and make Dick Cheney and Halliburton Rich." I hope the other readers in here can see through that."

Um, both wars were were intervening in the Middle East...

Burning Bush: Who were armed, trained and financed by Saudi Arabia (a US ally) to try to oust the Assad government.

Hey, aren't you the same guy who said Russia could take out ISIS and save Assad (a Russian ally) in a matter of days.....but they don't just because they don't want to get involved?

Hey, aren't you the same guy who said Russia could take out ISIS and save Assad (a Russian ally) in a matter of days.....but they don't just because they don't want to get involved?

Don't you know everyone expects the US to get involved so we can be blamed? And if we don't get involved we still get the blame for "not doing anything"? Gotta have a scapegoat in BB's eyes.