There is an ongoing pattern of anti-Christian (and anti-Yazidi) genocide by Islamic State. Is there anything skillful for us in this?
One suggestion is "Americans are renowned for personal generosity toward the afflicted.
Private charities, churches and individual citizens should challenge the
government to provide visas for Christian refugees whose funding and
care private Americans would guarantee."
Here is the full opinion article titled "Exterminating Christians in the Middle East":
http://www.wsj.com/articles/exterminating-christians-in-the-middle-east-1440112782
Here is another report about these areas.
http://www.meforum.org/5451/heroes-rescue-isis-victims
From the following excellent review:
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2015/aug/13/mystery-isis/
"I have often been tempted to argue that we simply need more and better
information. But that is to underestimate the alien and bewildering
nature of this phenomenon. To take only one example, five years ago not
even the most austere Salafi theorists advocated the reintroduction of
slavery; but ISIS has in fact imposed it. Nothing
since the triumph of the Vandals in Roman North Africa has seemed so
sudden, incomprehensible, and difficult to reverse as the rise of ISIS.
None of our analysts, soldiers, diplomats, intelligence officers,
politicians, or journalists has yet produced an explanation rich
enough—even in hindsight—to have predicted the movement’s rise."
Also see:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/28/opinion/david-brooks-when-isis-rapists-win.html?ref=opinion&gwh=0ADA54F053C218D036C277E619AEC8FD&gwt=pay&assetType=opinion
