If killing terrorist in other countries keeps them from coming to the United States and harming our citizens here, then I'm all for it! Dead people can't kill you.

Teddy Roosevelt once said, "Speak softly and carry a big stick." Yes, we still have the "biggest stick" in the world by far, but right now, our enemies have no reason to fear it. This bill isn't perfect, but it represents a potentially huge step forward in the war on terror. Islamist extremism is a very unique threat to us and our allies, and as such it requires a very unique solution.

If we are truly at war, then let the men and women who serve in our Military and who run towards the gunfire fight this war as if we are truly "committed" to win this war. Now I know that someone might read what I just wrote and lay claim that I am calling for cities to be carpet bombed, for villages burned to the ground, for innocent civilians to be killed, children to be orphaned, or some such hyperbole nonsense. Anyone who says that this authorization is too broad, that it sets no limitations on how the U.S. military would combat these terror groups, has never served in a forward operating area with a rifle in their hand. They have not seen the absolute evil that these terror groups are capable of. They have not seen the unbridled hatred they have in their eyes for anyone who does not bow down to them. They have not seen the demonstrations where they are chanting and shouting and yelling “Death to America” or “Kill the Infidels” They have ever experienced being shot at by someone who is trying with every fiber in their being to kill you and end your life, nor have they ever looked into the lifeless eyes of a friend and experienced what it feels like to have your soul shattered at that very instant. But if you have, such as I have, then you know that it is going to take a committed, orchestrated, and purposeful ground fight to destroy these groups. While airstrikes are nice, and they are a safe way to engage the enemy, it never has been and it will never be the answer. Anyone Veteran who has fought in Iraq or Afghanistan knows that this war can be won, but not in the manner we are currently fighting it. I have seen what accomplishments can be made with a can do attitude, I have also seen what losses incur when that attitude ebbs. So yes, put whatever terror group on this list that you want and pass this into law. But only do so if you are willing to let men with guns do what they do best and that is win wars.

Showing "love and support" to Islamic Fundamentalists sure as hell won't accomplish anything besides getting non-Islamists killed.

Most certainly! It's evident that due to the contingency in the current and even passed leadership we have had in Washington that the intelligence capabilities on the behalf of the allied powers incorporating the United States from a general perspective has not confronted the problem (circumstances) that the United States is indeed at war with the matter of Islamic terrorism or more narratively speaking "A violent jihadist influence." The Islamic state is on organization in which their values and firm principals are to demonize the surrounding world that dose not exemplify their radical principals and beliefs. ITS ABUSRD. As I have stated in previous proposed bills, The iconic individual Martin Luther King Jr. Was an individual of integrity that comprehended the concreteness of a peaceful and civilized manner of conducting protest for an attempt to influence and flourish the nations mindset on equitability to equalize African Americans just as much under the eyes of the whites by conducting civilized verbal and physical demonstrations. In today's dynamic global society our universe is faced with an abundance of influences that both originate from the actions of civilized manners and uncivilized manners. The movement of promoting the religious values of Islam would be more appreciated and respected if they were at a civilized level. Although, if there is attempted influences that promotes the hatred of homosexuals, patriotic Americans, citizens that don't attribute to Islamic beliefs that are readily executed on camera in front of live footage than there is a urgent issue that immediately needs to be diffused. We have seen the destruction that has been influenced by the Islamic state of terrorist. From a serviceman being severely burned to death in a cage, to the Paris incident, to nice France, and a plethora of more as well! It's disgraceful. An accurate statistic conveyed by our mainstream media claimed that the influence of radical Islamic terrorism has initiated well over 40,000 casualties. Individuals that are innocent and conducting their own paths and their own religious values. Families, successful entrepreneurs, toddlers, leaders in the globe, journalists and reporters and innocent citizens in general have been evidently incorporated in the brutal execution of the Islamic state. Authorizing United States militaristic forces against This wide spreading influence would be the equation that would equal the alternative of prosperity for the sake of human kind. The nation of America has enhanced its technological capabilities to combat our enemies and rise from darkness into light by enforcing military action ONLY IF NECESSARY. Negotiations is simply not the solution for this scenario. Additionally, under the regulations of the untied states of the department of homeland security that we will not negotiate with terrorist in any from of aspect. My point being is, the executive branch must comprehend that there are no more room for bureaucracies interfering with this manner and the United States being bystanders for such a sick influence of HATRED. Authorizing comprehensive military force in the lands of this particular organization would mark future intensions to not only abolish their ability for further flourishment by defeating their ground troops but liquefying their source of wealth such as oil and the trade of hazardous material incorporating (artillery, nuclear material, and radioactive materials) need to be abolish. We can easily have a prosperous future once we abolish this influence but first and foremost it behooves the federal governments of the abroad world to acknowledge and immerse the threat we are facing of radical Islamic terrorism in their minds to conduct impeccable military enforcement for the sake to alleviate the safety and security for future generations to come. Thank you for your time.

Ignoring the problem and letting it grow obviously hasn't worked. I'm not asking for another surge like Iraq but we need to do something.

I vote in favor, not because I think that we should immediately and "unilaterally" as someone else put it, declare war on all of the groups listed below. However, I think the ABILITY to authorize force, on a case-by-case basis, is important. It pains me to see opinions that paint these groups as non-threatening to the United States. The truth of the matter is, our stake in this world goes beyond our borders. We have allies in other countries, that are important to us for more reasons than we can see in the present, who are dealing with the gruesome aftermath of what these groups can do. I'm not one to load the cannon and fire quickly, but these groups are no joke and I think it is important that the government have the ability to authorize the use of force against them.

Liberal here. This misconception that the harder we push back, the worse the situation becomes, is just a complete obfuscation of reality. We help actual people and save real lives when cities are liberated from life under sharia law. We do real damage to the ideology of ISIL and we prevent its spread when we kill those most responsible for its dissemination. The most dangerous thing we can do at this point is to sit on our hands and just hope that our allies in the region can prevent the spread of this extremist ideology on our behalf.

While not perfect a new AUMF with specific entities targeted would be better then the currently vague AUMFs in play.

When an American is killed by a terrorist group that group should automatically become a target for our military. If that means we bomb Gaza then we just have to tell Israel to go look at birds or something until we are done. You can't negotiate with evil, you must destroy it.

We need to do everything we can to protect ourselves and the rest of the world from terror.

The key to stopping ISIS and other Islamic terror groups, is to stop funding them with weapons like we have been doing for the past 20 or so years. We also must take away their supply of oil. But we also need troops on the ground to stop them. "If we want peace, then we must prepare for violence."