Islamic State threat 'beyond anything we've seen': Pentagon

Reuters via Yahoo News ^ | 8/21/14 | Missy Ryan and David Alexander

[Kartographer]

The sophistication, wealth and military might of Islamic State militants pose a major threat to the United States that may surpass that from al Qaeda, U.S. military leaders said on Thursday.

"They are an imminent threat to every interest we have, whether it's in Iraq or anywhere else," Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told reporters at the Pentagon about the militant group, which has seized a third of Iraq and released a video this week showing one of its fighters beheading an American hostage.

Asked if Islamic State posed a threat to the United States comparable to that of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Hagel said the group was "as sophisticated and well-funded as any group we have seen.

[ctdonath2]

“The[ir] sophistication, wealth and military might”

Meh. They have no such thing. The average American deer hunter has most any of their members beat on all fronts.

They succeed only because they have no inhibitions on viciousness, and those with sophistication/wealth/might are as of yet not inclined to stop them.

[T-Bone Texan]

"...Imam Barry..."

That is clever, and I wish I had thought of that.

I have been calling him "Bath house Barry, the crypto-Kenyan"