Paris Attacks

On Friday, November 13th, Paris was attacked by ISIS. It was catastrophic and deadly and hundreds of innocent people were killed by gunshot or explosions. Now, much of the focus has moved to President Barack Obama. He warned of the long road that lies ahead in the global effort to defeat ISIS. "It's going to be a multiyear task," he said at a regional conference in the Philippines. "And we're not going to be able to fully succeed in eliminating their safe havens until we have a political settlement of some sort in Syria."

The U.S. House of Representatives approved pausing the processing of Syrian refugees by insisting certification by the Secretary of Homeland Security. Democrats are ignoring White House pleas to oppose the bill, which is giving Republicans enough support to have a veto-proof majority. It's unknown when the Senate would take up the bill, but Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid has said his caucus will block the bill from passing in the Senate. Then, there's the issue of the ISIS threat to attack NYC. They haven't failed in their attacks yet and its terrifying to think that New York could be next. ISIS released a video Wednesday warning of the impending attack. Mayor Bill de Blasio said police are "taking all necessary precautions" in areas shown in the video and throughout the city. As if the police would actually be able to stop a full blown ISIS attack on the major city. "Stoking fear is the goal of terrorist organizations," he said, "but New York City will not be intimidated." In ISIS' Dabiq magazine, the terrorist group includes a list of the latest attacks for which it claims responsibility, including the downing the Russian passenger plane in Sinai, the suicide attacks in Lebanon and the attacks in Paris .If they can't be stopped, what will happen next? So far, they have been extremely successful in recruiting and carrying out their plans. If they successfully attack NYC, I don't want to know what will happen next...