"The on-camera beheadings of 21 Christian workers from Egypt by ISIS jihadists in Libya has shocked an apathetic world, which has largely accepted barbaric behavior by militant Muslims. The White House issued a press release condemning the atrocities but would not call the victims Christian, even though the killers openly said they were murdered because of their faith. President Obama's unwillingness to engage the ISIS savages on the ground is becoming a serious story that may define his entire presidency if the terror group continues its expansion and the daily horrors that follow. This week there will be some meetings at the White House about the growing terror threat, and we can expect a lot of speeches. Talking Points understands that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have hurt America's ability to confront evil around the world. President Obama and many citizens do not have the heart for another global conflict after the intense loss of blood and treasure since the attack on 9-11. But the utter brutality that faces the world today has to be confronted and somebody has to lead that effort. There is only one leader with the cachet to lead the fight, that reluctant warrior Barack Obama. This is now a so-called Holy War between radical jihadists and all others, including peaceful Muslims. The terror savages will kill anyone at any time. What is especially frightening is the continuing nonsense we see from Washington: State Department spokesperson Marie Harf said we must 'go after the root causes that lead people to join these groups.' Ms. Harf is telling the ISIS killers and the world that organized opposition cannot defeat the terror group militarily. Nonsense. If the world unites against the jihad, it will be defeated. But again, there is no effort to do that and so the atrocities continue. History will show that President Obama made an enormous mistake by failing to leave a residual force behind in Iraq that could have quickly mobilized against the ISIS savages when they began infiltrating that country. As we know, the president was slow in recognizing the threat, initially labeling ISIS the JV, junior varsity. On the president's watch the following countries have become terrorist safe-havens: Syria, Iraq, northern Pakistan, eastern Nigeria, Libya, Somalia, Iran, parts of Algeria and parts of Afghanistan. That's quite a resume. We in America have been fortunate that our intelligence agencies and the FBI, as well as local police, have prevented a big terror attack like 9-11. Instead, we and other countries continue to absorb small blows from fanatical individuals. But with ISIS expanding and recruiting thousands of fanatical killers from all over the world, no one is safe. Therefore it is imperative that President Obama stop living in a theoretical, even fictional world. America is not able to fix economies in Third World nations, we are not able to force Islamic despots to respect human rights, we are not able to convince the Iranian mullahs to stop supporting terrorists and to cease with the nukes. We simply cannot do those things, and to waste time throwing them out as possible solutions to dismantling the jihad is dangerous to the American people. The Holy War is here and it seems the president of the United States will be the last one to acknowledge it.

Guests:Pastor Robert Jeffress & Father Gerald Murray
For more on the conflict between Islamists and other faiths, The Factor turned to evangelical pastor Robert Jeffress and Catholic priest Gerald Murray. "This president sees radical Islam as a tiny minority," Jeffress groused "but these Islamists won't rest until they have exterminated every Christian and Jew from the face of the earth. They are coming after every one of us if we don't react now! I am calling on Christians everywhere to demand that this president do everything necessary, including boots on the ground." Murray pointed out that Pope Francis taking a strong stand. "He will continue to say that we have a duty to protect the innocent. The Pope is saying that God does not want this kind of murderous behavior, but it's up to political leaders like our president to get out and fight this. The United States is the moral leader of the world, but where is the moral leadership?" The Factor then issued a direct challenge to the nation's religious leaders: "I'm calling for every cleric in the country to address this with their congregations next Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. They have to say that we people of good faith must tell our leaders to get in gear. I'd like to see every cleric in this country to do that! I want every pastor, every priest, every imam, and every rabbi to email me personally and tell me you're going to do that. I'll read as many on the air as I can."

Guests:Monica Crowley & Kirsten Powers
Outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder took a parting shot at Fox News, denouncing FNC for focusing on Islamic terrorism. Republican Monica Crowley and Democrat Kirsten Powers analyzed the administration's tendency to downplay Islamic extremism. "The disagreement I have with you and Monica," Powers said, "is that I don't think President Obama doesn't understand the threat, nor do I think he doesn't take the threat seriously. But I agree that President Obama won't talk about the persecution of Christians." Crowley placed the conflict in a starkly religious frame. "We are facing a violent global religious movement. This is World War III and we are in it whether we like it or not. The question is whether we fight it now or do we wait until it winds up being a much bigger cataclysm?" The Factor reminded everyone, "Every day that the West waits, thousands more people die."

Guest:James Rosen
Pentagon spokesman Adm. John Kirby took umbrage last week when FNC's James Rosen asked whether President Obama has had a negative impact on military morale. Rosen entered the No Spin Zone to explain his question. "I asked about that relationship," he said, "based on my own discussions with people in the military. I have heard pretty uniformly that the military does not believe in this commander-in-chief, and would like to see someone who is more aggressive in combating Islamic extremism. I felt it was important for someone at the Pentagon to have that question put to them on the record, but the admiral told me I was asking a 'political question.'"

Guests:Kimberly Guilfoyle & Lis Wiehl
Ruling on a lawsuit brought by 26 states, a federal judge has decreed that President Obama's executive order on immigration exceeds his constitutional authority; the administration will appeal the decision. Legal wizards Kimberly Guilfoyle and Lis Wiehl joined The Factor with their learned opinions. "The judge has granted a preliminary injunction," Guilfoyle reported, "that is stopping President Obama in his tracks from issuing this order. The standard is whether the lawsuit by the states would be likely to succeed." Wiehl turned to the trial of Eddie Ray Routh, who is accused of killing of "American Sniper" Chris Kyle. "He will be convicted," she declared. "There are lots of people with PTSD who don't go around killing people, and the only legal issue is whether he knew right from wrong at the time of the killing."

Guest:John Stossel
A student columnist at Brown University is urging the school to ban ROTC from the Ivy League campus. Fox Business Network host John Stossel elaborated on the story. "He wrote that ROTC is guilty of 'state-sanctioned violence,' and he called the cadets 'criminals.' He's a silly lefty, but there's a lot of that at Brown. Colleges now talk about 'micro-aggressions.' Any white man who says anything that hurts somebody is committing a 'micro-aggression' because we are the 'overclass.'" The Factor concluded that too many campuses have become bastions of intolerance, saying, "The faculty wants a monolithic point of view."

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