Perhaps it’s because the situation has accelerated far beyond expectation. With so many atrocities being committed on a daily basis just where do opposing forces begin? They are, metaphorically (or perhaps literally) speaking, between the devil and the deep blue sea. On the one hand they are facing a barbaric organisation the like of which the world has never encountered previously, and one that doesn’t fight by the rules of any civilised nation, and on the other hand our moral code determines that we cannot resort to what we would deem unacceptable warfare. Unless ISIL is countered with greater force, more determined energy, and a resolve to destroy them regardless of method, there is nothing that can be done. We are fighting with one hand voluntarily tied behind our back.