Here Are Three Ways That The Islamic State In Iraq And the Violence In Gaza Could Endanger US National Security.

A fighter of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) holds an ISIL flag and a weapon on a street in the city of Mosul, June 23, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Stringer

Three Ways Middle East Fighting Threatens US National Security -- Anna Mulrine, CSM

As fighting in the Middle East continues this week – from Israel to Iraq – some senior US military officials are acknowledging that they are pessimistic about the prospect for peace in the region. “Is there going to be peace in the Middle East?” Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, head of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), asked himself aloud last week, before an audience of national security specialists. “Not in my lifetime. Not in my lifetime.”

Pentagon analysts are increasingly grappling with what this growing unrest means for US national security. Here are the top three ways the advance of the insurgent group the Islamic State in Iraq and violence in Gaza could endanger US national security.

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My Comment: In my book .... the Islamic State poses the greatest threat to national security. They want to wage perpetual war to achieve their caliphate, and they would not hesitate for a moment to launch terror attacks even against the West if it helps them to achieve their goal..