◼ What if the Islamic State group wants the United States to get more involved? What if it wants the United States to send more ground troops? - A. Trevor Thrall/CATO Institute
"President Barack Obama declared the latest beheading by the Islamic State group — this one of American aid worker and former Army Ranger Peter Kassig — an act of 'pure evil.' But as ugly as the act was, it was also an action taken with a strategic end in mind. The question we should be asking is: To what end? Why has the Islamic State group pursued a strategy of beheading Westerners, and specifically Americans?"
