ANGELO CODEVILLA: Washington’s Ruling Class Is Fooling Itself About The Islamic State. “Yet again, consensus within the ruling class is setting America on course to demonstrate impotence. Its preferences, prejudices, and proclivities guarantee that the Islamic State and those among us whom it inspires will be a growing problem as months and years pass. Harsh consequences will follow until a political vehicle for the expression of the American people’s common sense comes into being.”

I said something similar recently. “It’s like antibiotics and bacteria: Best to kill them all before they up their resistance.”