And the reasons for that suggest just how densely complicated the Mideast quagmire has become.
Mideast expert Schanzer also sees the fight required as a huge undertaking.
The usually uninformed American citizens can be forgiven for being mystified by the Mideast policy prescriptions of their leaders.
Six hundred years of Mideast history are now fully and finally shredding.
Now ISIS controls one third of a state in the Mideast, and is plotting attacks against America.