Are American voters aware that the Obama administration has authorized a boots-back-on-the-ground strategy in Syria? And do voters understand that the goal is to defeat Bashar Assad, who the Russians are backing with some serious air power that is causing thousands to flee? American voters should be up in arms as to why Congress has […]
Obama on ISIS: Incoherent, Inconsistent and Non-Credible
Originally posted September 12, 2014. Pat Buchanan asks who will provide the legions Obama will deploy to crush ISIL in Syria. And Pat correctly tells readers that before Congress votes a dime, it should get some answers. Pat concludes among all the nations listed here, the least threatened is the United States. The president did […]
Vicious, Brutal, Abhorrent Existence
“This is a group that throws people off buildings, that burns them alive… This isn’t a pioneering movement, it is a vicious, brutal and fundamentally abhorrent existence,” said Prime Minister David Cameron. In a speech given in Birmingham, England, Britain’s PM emphasized the need to “de-glamorise” extremist ideology and conspiracy theories used by groups such […]
ISIS Gold?
The Islamic State is now minting its own gold, silver and copper currency. The Telegraph writes: Isil announced last November that it would start producing their own currency in areas under its control, in an effort to “emancipate itself from the satanic global economic system”. The currency, based on the original dinar coins used during […]
A Few Hundred ISIS Fighters Capture Ramadi
What are America’s choices in Iraq now? Pat Buchanan lays out three choices and, as Pat writes, none are good: (1) Reintroduce 10,000 ground troops, (2) Adopt a policy of degrade and contain, (3) Accept the inevitable that Iraq “is going to be in the orbit of Iran.” One: Reintroduce 10,000 ground troops and Marines […]
A Limitless War
“So how have the GOP’s erstwhile opponents of the imperial presidency greeted this latest affront to the separation of powers?” asks Gene Healy, Vice President at Cato, in The Federalist. “By complaining that Obama hasn’t been imperial enough,” he answers. Guess what Sen. John McCain thinks about a limitless war? “It’s probably appropriate to have […]
The Second-Largest Army in NATO
Originally posted August 14, 2014. That would be Turkey! Let the Turks wipe out ISIS. American interests are not threatened, and American intervention is not required. As Pat Buchanan rightly notes, the war hawks led by John McCain and Lindsey Graham are at it again. Americans should dismiss the rantings of the war hawks and […]
Obama’s Free Hand
Do American’s really want to give Barack Obama a free hand in dealing with ISIS? The American Conservative’s Daniel Larison writes, “The administration’s proposed authorization for the ISIS war restricts the use of ground forces, but does not limit the war to Iraq and Syria.” It is hard to miss the absurdity of this entire […]
How to Kill the Islamic State Mystique
ISIS is “a network, a movement and an organization” that is a geopolitical, economic and humanitarian menace to the world. According to Mr. Haass of the Council on Foreign Relations what is needed to fight ISIS is a multinational Arab and Muslim military force on the ground. Mr. Haass’ hypothetical force would include Jordan, the […]
Marching Toward Hell
Originally posted June 25, 2014. Michael Scheuer is a twenty-plus-year CIA veteran. From 1996 to 1999, he served as Chief of the bin Laden unit. In Marching Toward Hell, Scheuer writes, “Iraq is another case of the governing elite embarking on a look-how-great-we-are exercise designed to bring secular democracy to Muslims, the blood-and-treasure bill to […]
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