A Syrian flag flies in Damascus, Syria. U.S. commandos mounted a rare raid into eastern Syria overnight, killing a senior Islamic State commander in a firefight, capturing his wife and rescuing a Yazidi woman held as a slave, the Pentagon said on May 16. (The Associated Press file)
Re: “Islamic State is biggest threat since World War II,” May 20 guest commentary.
I am disappointed that The Denver Post published such a misinformative guest commentary as the one by James H. Davis, a principal at a Longmont “public safety” company. Claiming that the Islamic State is “perhaps the most significant threat since World War II” appears to be self-serving of his business interests.
Davis might be too young to fully appreciate the threat posed by the Soviet Union and its communist ideology, but I doubt it. He was, after all, in the FBI for 26 years. To claim now that the Islamic State is even “perhaps” as significant a threat as USSR’s aspirations of world domination and constant threat of total annihilation is inarguably senseless. Just visit Cheyenne Mountain.
Lauren Kohn, Lakewood
This letter was published in the May 25 edition.
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