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: […]
July 31, 2014 – 3:12 pm
Good question. The Washington Post finally deigns to notice what most other people already know, in their own unique fashion Why Hamas stores its weapons inside hospitals, mosques and schools To many observers, one of the most troublesome facts of the Gaza Strip conflict — which has killed around 1,340 Palestinians, many of them civilians, […]
July 2, 2014 – 6:57 am
Just kidding. He was livid over the US presence in Libya (The Hill) Federal prosecutors say the suspected ringleader in the 2012 Benghazi attack voiced “concern and opposition to the presence of an American facility in Benghazi†days before the attack that killed U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans at the U.S. consulate […]
June 27, 2014 – 3:36 pm
It’s so simple! (Slate) Could there be a connection between climate change and the emerging conflict in Iraq? The short answer is a qualified yes, according to Frank Femia of the Center for Climate and Security, a Washington-based policy institute advised by senior retired military and national security leaders. He explained in a phone interview: […]
June 23, 2014 – 11:00 am
Obviously, MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski was heavily intoxicated, or perhaps was hanging with Maureen Dowd in Colorado, when she decided to ask Obama a tough question. Well, more than likely, she was attempting to give Obama a way to hit some talking points (Mediaite) In an interview pre-taped Friday but aired on Morning Joe Monday morning, […]
