A significant number of conservatives are not only alarmed by the emergence of the Islamic State but also insist that President Obama take immediate military action to destroy them. But are the conservatives who urge the President to take unilateral action against ISIS throwing out bedrock conservative principles as they do so? The atrocities of the Islamic State are well-known: the mass-murder of Christians and Shiites, and the beheadings of two American journalists, to name a few.
