"The Paris slaughter claimed by the Islamic State constitutes, as President François Hollande of France declared, an "act of war." As such, it demands of all NATO states a collective response under Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty. This says that, "An armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all." Alliance leaders are already debating what that response should be. Hollande has spoken to President Obama. Other NATO countries, including Germany and Canada, have expressed solidarity. Indignation and outrage, while justified, are not enough. The only adequate measure, after the killing of at least 129 people in Paris, is military, and the only objective commensurate with the ongoing threat is the crushing of ISIS and the elimination of its stronghold in Syria and Iraq. The barbaric terrorists exulting on social media at the blood they have spilled cannot be allowed any longer to control territory on which they are able to organize, finance, direct and plan their savagery."
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Roger Cohen, in "To Save Paris, Defeat ISIS" in The New York Times (15 November 2015)
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