Growing Middle East Threats to U.S. Energy Security President Obama has finally recognized the growing threat of ISIS in Syria & Iraq and to U.S. national security.  To address this growing threat the Obama Administration has initiated a new Air Campaign to “degrade and destroy ISIS”.  And, to possibly avoid the need for future U.S. Armed Force’s ‘boots on the ground’ President Obama is also trying to develop a new Coalition in order to get other Countries to help contain and ultimately destroy ISIS and other developing Middle East terrorist groups.  Even though U.S. Energy Security has supposedly been a part of the Obama Administration’s ‘ All of the Above ’ energy policy for years, the recognition of the potentially growing risks to U.S. petroleum oil imports and Energy Security has been omitted from past and current Administration policies and actions. The Obama Administration apparently has not recognized or acknowledged […]