Paris, War, and “Desert Drizzel”
The carnage in Paris is the latest step in an escalating war between radical, jihadist Muslims and western civilization. Only one side in this war is playing with force, and it’s not the civilized side.
Burned by the results of massive efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States and its western civilization allies have been hesitant to respond quickly and forcefully to the spread of the Islamic Caliphate (ISIS). Just bombing is not forceful enough.
We are getting attacked again, this time in Paris…twice this year. So how does western civilization, not just the United States, respond? David Deptula in Wall Street Journal coins the term “Desert Drizzle” a term in contrast to “Desert Storm.” Our responses to ISIS have been a drip here and there.
“France is at war,” stated French President Francois Hollande. The rest of the world needs to be at war with ISIS too, supporting France in its efforts to effectively respond to the attacks. Fortunately, there is an organization already in place that should take charge in the war: NATO.
Article 5 of the NATO Treaty states: “The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them…” This article has only been used once in the history of NATO: by the United States after 9/11. France, or the European Union, should start in motion the process of activating this article by calling together all the ambassadors of the member nations. NATO could invite other nations like Russia, Saudi Arabia, even Iran, to join in this fight as “special allies.”
France as well as all other individual nations cannot do this alone. Common defense against deadly attacks is why NATO was formed. Hopefully France will take advantage of having the support of western civilization in their war against jihadism.
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