Those who mock should pay attention. It appears to be a concern world wide, maybe except here...

"Decline Of America: The Islamic State's rise and the resurgence of Russia prove you should always expect one thing from a U.S. global power vacuum: the unexpected. Is a nuclear-armed IS the next surprise?
In recent history, a lot of world events that weren't supposed to happen happened, the Soviet Union collapsing without the U.S. firing a shot being one of the most conspicuous.
Barack Obama was elected in 2008 promising to bring our forces home from Iraq. He took them out of Afghanistan too, the U.S. losing both wars. Whatever was supposed to happen next, it didn't include an unthinkable new Islamist entity emerging from the ruins, beheading innocent Americans and posting video of the atrocities.

In 2012, GOP nominee Mitt Romney warned of a resurgent Moscow and got ridiculed by Obama, who said, "You know, the Cold War's been over for 20 years."

U.S. Vacuum May Unite Russia, China, Iran Against Nuclear IS - Investors.com

This a comment referring to the German who wrote the book cited in the OP..

"In it, he warns that the free world "is drastically underestimating the power of ISIS," which "intends to get its hands on nuclear weapons," then undertake "the largest religious cleansing in history."

Years ago, all these would have seemed laughable predictions. But Obama's new world of American decline is full of such terrifying surprises. Who knows what the next ones will be.


In the last three years, we have seen gas used on children in the streets, bunker bombs used on people in their homes, beheadings, burnings.....prior, these were forbidden and taboo acts.

Now we accept and make fun of those who notice.