The
killing of four U.S. Marines in Tennessee yesterday is a stark reminder of the
severe threats now facing the U.S. homeland. Radicalizing recruits worldwide
through social media and using encrypted digital chatrooms to plot attacks,
ISIS and other jihadist groups are looking for every possible opportunity to
strike at the U.S. homeland. Americans everywhere ought to remain vigilant to
these threats and resist demands to handcuff our intelligence community, which
is working hard to identify and track foreign terrorists.
Unfortunately,
the nuclear agreement that the Obama administration signed with Iran will not
diminish these threats and may even intensify them. Iran remains the world’s
primary sponsor of international terrorism, and there is nothing in the
agreement that will change the regime’s behavior. To the contrary, the deal
will relieve both internal and external pressure on the mullahs, giving
them access to new sources of cash to continue spreading turmoil throughout the
Middle East and beyond.
