How many more atrocities and military misadventures must occur before the Security Council gets really serious on destroying Islamic State with its own UN-authorized global military force?
UN Security Council Must Get Serious On Destroying Islamic State
Brussels in lock-down, mayhem in Mali and the shooting down of a Russian war plane by Turkey have swiftly followed the unanimous passage on 20 November 2015 of an ineffectual French-sponsored Security Council Resolution 2249 (2015) in the record breaking time of just 34 minutes.
Resolution 2249 once again showed up the Security Council's continuing reluctance to seriously deal with destroying Islamic State -- even though the resolution itself determined that: