On the heels of the news that ISIS fighters are indeed in the United States, the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize has pulled the trigger on striking ISIS targets in Syria. Never mind if the strikes are constitutional or not, their fresh admission that ISIS is already on U.S. soil, thereby presenting an imminent threat, is likely all the justification the Obama Administration needs to bypass Congress…again. Lead by the United Arab Emirates, the coalition is reportedly without any European allies, but enjoys several Arab nation partners including Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Bahrain, and, hold onto your hats, Qatar.

From Rear Admiral John Kirby:

“Given that these operations are ongoing, we are not in a position to provide additional details at this time,” Kirby added in a statement. “The decision to conduct theses strikes was made earlier today by the U.S. Central Command commander under authorization granted him by the commander in chief. We will provide more details later as operationally appropriate.”

“US Aircraft include B-1 bombers, F-16s, F-18s and Predator drones, with F-18s flying missions off the USS George H.W. Bush in the Persian Gulf. Tomahawk missiles were fired from the destroyer USS Arleigh Burke in the Red Sea.

President Obama on Sept. 10 authorized U.S. airstrikes inside Syria as part of a broad campaign to root out the Islamic State militant group also known as ISIS and ISIL.”

Vetted amateur video allegedly showing the first strikes in Syria:

It remains to be seen what Bashar al-Assad’s response to the strikes will be. His foreign minister has already warned Mr. Obama not to strike in Syria without consent, and we all know that the ink in Assad’s red line pen is not invisible. Common sense would dictate we take him out first, but then…we have Barack “No Boots on the Ground” Obama “leading” this haphazard mission.

Given the news that ISIS is using social media to incite violence within the borders of the United States—not to mention they now know they can just sprint across the White House lawn and straight into the presidential residence strapped with explosives—coupled with the strikes on ISIS in Syria plus wide-open borders, we should expect lone actors, or worse, to try to wage jihad here at home, while hoping and praying that they don’t. Lock and load. Stay alert. We are at war.

As always, please keep our men and women in uniform in your thoughts and prayers.

UPDATE [9/22 9:30 pm]: Syria’s foreign ministry says the United States informed Damascus’ envoy to the UN before launching airstrikes, stating that “the American side informed Syria’s permanent envoy to the U.N. that strikes will be launched against the Daesh terrorist organization in Raqqa.”

UPDATE [9/23 8:00 am]: Dear ISIS, you poked the wrong country. Courtesy of our U.S. Navy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS487nkVhOA

UPDATE [9/23 8:10 am]: Pentagon briefing on ISIS airstrikes happening now. Full video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-uXkl_IZ4I

UPDATE [9/23 12:30 pm] Assad is reportedly backing the U.S./Arab Coalition airstrikes. From Yahoo: