As IS Expands, Should US Deepen Military Involvement?

As Islamic State (IS) fighters launched fresh attacks near northern Syrian border towns Thursday, U.S. policy experts and lawmakers say IS is growing in strength and number and that may warrant greater U.S. military involvement. By the end of May, the Pentagon said it had conducted roughly 15,600 sorties in Iraq and Syria – at a cost of more than $9 million a day – and were killing more than 1,000 IS fighters every month. But that may not be enough, analysts say. “The military...

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