Unless allied nations, plus those remaining on the side lines, truly fathom this jihadic cancer is not restrict to Israel, Iraq, Afghanistan coupled with other international locations under attack by the jihadists, but, the entire world is at risk to even nuclear attacks from rouge Islamic states such as Iran. The outcome of the Iraqi national elections, I hope, shall determine, when, not if, the terrorist axis of Iran-Syria-Lebanon are finally & firmly confronted in order to break the back or rouge states promoting Shi'ite related terrorism, not only in Iran but spreading the seeds of Islamic madness in other nations as well. As you pointed out the required response to the ongoing global threats by radical Islamists will not be totally addressed until after some other unthinkable act of horror is inflicted on the innocents.