September 18, 2014 – 8:07 am
Wasn’t ISIS supposed to simply be a localized Middle East problem? (ABC News) Police said they thwarted a plot to carry out beheadings in Australia by supporters of the radical Islamic State group by detaining 15 people and raiding more than a dozen properties across Sydney on Thursday. The raids involving 800 federal and state […]
September 15, 2014 – 8:46 am
It’s actually rather surprising that more nations do not want to join in the fight against ISIS, especially those in Europe, who are much closer to the danger than the United States. Of course, Obama has been terrible on the international stage when it comes to creating links to foreign leaders, but that doesn’t stop […]
September 13, 2014 – 6:50 am
The administration that can’t shoot straight now says it’s a war (Fox News) The White House and Pentagon acknowledged Friday that the U.S. “is at war†with the Islamic State — contradicting Secretary of State John Kerry and others who a day earlier refused to use that term, prompting criticism from lawmakers that the administration […]
September 11, 2014 – 8:55 am
It started out well (transcript via Time) My fellow Americans, tonight I want to speak to you about what the United States will do with our friends and allies to degrade and ultimately destroy the terrorist group known as ISIL. Then it degenerated in paragraph two As Commander-in-Chief, my highest priority is the security of […]
September 3, 2014 – 6:53 am
The Obama administration has often been compared to celebrity status. Now it goes one step further in looking like a television show. Oh, and highlighting that they do not actually have a strategy (The Hill) A senior State Department official urged critics of President Obama to “stay tuned†for the administration’s plans against the Islamic […]
September 2, 2014 – 1:25 pm
I heard about this in the morning on Fox News, but was waiting for a link (Fox News) A former Pentagon official confirms to Fox News that detailed and specific intelligence about the rise of ISIS was included in the PDB, or the President’s Daily Brief, for at least a year before the group took large swaths of […]
August 27, 2014 – 9:02 am
Jeff asked, in regards to Charles Krauthammer saying Obama dithers too much I know it’s fruitless to ask, but what would you have us do with ISIS/ISIL? I could give the Lefty answer for when Bush was president “I’m not president”. We could talk about this being Obama’s problem, since Islamists are streaming to join […]
August 15, 2014 – 8:26 am
You’ve heard about the flag flap in NJ, right? A photo of a New Jersey home flying a flag that resembled the flag of ISIS, the militant group being bombed by U.S. planes in Iraq, sparked alarm and a complaint to the Department of Homeland Security — but the home’s occupant said he meant no […]
August 9, 2014 – 6:53 am
This week, with Iraq in full meltdown, Mr. Obama addresses the issues, to a small degree (White House) This week, I authorized two operations in Iraq. First, I directed our military to take action to protect our American diplomats and military advisors serving in the city of Erbil. In recent days, terrorist forces neared the […]
August 5, 2014 – 7:23 am
What does this mean? That 38% are Israel haters (Politico) A slim plurality of Americans believe Israel’s actions against Hamas are justified, a new poll says. According to a Gallup poll released Tuesday, 42 percent of Americans say Israel’s actions against Hamas are justified, compared with 38 percent who say they are unjustified. (WT note: […]
