The American administration does not appear capable of recognizing the fact that IS can be a useful tool in undermining Tehran’s ambitious plan for domination of the Middle East.  Sounds like the Globalist Neocons and Israel are both okay with the slaughter and terrorizing of Christians and non favored muslims around the world, all while killing our troops.  The continuing existence of IS serves a strategic purpose. Why help the brutal Assad regime win the Syrian civil war? Many radical Islamists in the opposition forces, i.e., Al Nusra and its offshoots, might find other arenas in which to operate closer to Paris and Berlin.  Unbelievable. Ashton Carter, secretary of defense from 2015-2017, is director of the Belfer Center at the Harvard Kennedy School and an innovation fellow at MIT.  He's a CFR member and a Rhodes Scholar.  Deep State Denizen. I'm assuming he must have been one of those people who thought it would be 'strategically advantageous' to lie to the American people about Saddam's WMDs. I have to also assume that the migrant flood (invasion) into the EU also helps the strategy of keeping IS as a 'useful tool' for Israel and the Bankers (globalists). EDIT:  Professor Efraim Inbar  President of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategic Studies.  Wants the US to engage in war on behalf of Israel by attacking Iran.