US BOMBING ISIS

US President Donald Trump as issued a bomb on Isis in Somalia.  I personally am not a fan of our president.  I find that he's the kind of man that just wants pure chaos to occur in a world around him.  I personally feel that he is not mentally fit to run a country. And as for bombing ISIS...i don't agree. I am the kind of person that wants to believe that we can solve issues peacefully.  I feel that bombing ISIS will only aggravate them even more and stir this situation at hand.  "Mr. Trump gave the military wider latitude this year to go after militants in Somalia, specifically those associated with the Shabab terrorist group. The head of Africa Command, Gen. Thomas D. Waldhauser,waited months before exercising the authorities, citing the difficulty of striking militants mixed with a civilian population on the move in the midst of a regional famine." 

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/03/world/africa/isis-bombed-somalia.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fafrica&action=click&contentCollection=africa&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=7&pgtype=sectionfront

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