Obamas Plan To Beat ISIS Is An Absolute Joke President Barack Obama raised eyebrows with a recent op-ed he wrote for The Los Angeles Times. The article attempted to convince the United States that the way to stand up against ISIS is to win the hearts and minds of young Muslims. The world must continue to lift up the voices of Muslim clerics and scholars who teach the true peaceful nature of Islam, Obama write. We can echo the testimonies of former extremists who know how terrorists betray Islam. We can help Muslim entrepreneurs and youths work with the private sector to develop social media tools to counter the extremist narratives on the Internet. Of course, Obama went on to discredit the United States military, claiming that they alone are incapable of solving the problem of terrorism. The solution, Obama claims, lies less in violence and more in communication. Nor can we simply take out terrorists who kill innocent civilians, Obama continues. We also have to contront the violent extremiststhe propagandists, recruiters, and enablerswho may not directly engage in terrorist acts themselves, but who radicalize, recruit and incite others to do so. Finally, Obama claimed that his goal in the recent summit was to bring free nations together to give opportunities to the young and innocent. Our campaign to prevent people around the world from being radicalized to violence is ultimately a battle for hearts and minds, Obama concluded. What do you think? Is Obama completely ignoring the clear and present threat of existing Islamic extremists today? 