Peggy Noonan points out in the WSJ that after the Paris attacks, one week later, the hard, ugly truth is that these “primitive, ferocious young men will not stop until we stop them.” But how? Lacking the strength and certitude of a Ronald Reagan, President Obama continues to prattle on about climate change “as the […]
This Is Not Going to Stop
Obama Keeping States in the Dark over Syrian Refugees
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has written a letter to Obama protesting the first wave of Syrian refugees into New Orleans: Last week, the city of New Orleans began receiving its first wave of Syrian refugees. As with former immigration crises and federal relocation policy, Louisiana has been kept in the dark about those seeking refuge […]
Senator Feinstein Sharply Contradicts President Obama
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Cali.), Vice Chairman of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, voices her strong concerns over ISIS, saying it’s not contained, on MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports:
Carson Tells Congress No Syrian Refugees
Byron York writes in the Washington Examiner: Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson has sent a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan urging that in the wake of the Islamic State attacks in Paris, the House terminate “all public funding for any ongoing federal programs that seek to resettle refugees and/or migrants from Syria into the […]
The “Crackpots Club”
Pat Buchanan looks at recent commentary from leading Republicans relative to ISIS, Syria and Vladimir Putin. Mitt Romney writes in Sunday’s Washington Post: We must wage the war to defeat the enemy. … (Obama) must call in the best military minds from the United States and NATO, actually listen to what they have to say and […]
France Bombs ISIS in Raqqa
France has taken immediate retaliatory action against ISIS by bombing locations in the terrorist organization’s capital, Raqqa. CNN reports: French fighter jets bombed a series of ISIS sites in Raqqa, Syria, on Sunday in what officials described as a major bombardment. The airstrikes came two days after a series of terrorist attacks in Paris. ISIS […]
Taki Theodoracopulos on Syria
“Under The Black Flag”—Taki Takes off the Gloves. From Taki Theodoracopulos, a founding editor of The American Conservative: I have never seen a more ridiculous situation, where the weak and the cowardly but extremely rich—the Saudis and Qataris—have managed to upset the whole balance of power once the military genius of George W. Bush […]
Unintended Consequences
Writing in the WSJ, Yaroslav Trofimov asks, “So how deep—and how permanent—is this deterioration of the U.S. ability to shape events in the Middle East?” As Mr.Trofimov notes, some believe “the decline is not irreversible at all. … But others have concluded that the Middle East’s Pax Americana is truly over.” Emile Hokayem, a senior […]
Syria: “The U.S. Has Nothing Vital At Stake”
The American Conservative’s Daniel Larison tells readers, “The real shame of Obama’s Syria policy is not that he has mocked his hawkish detractors, but that he has made the mistake of listening to them at all.” Daniel writes, “The truth is that the mostly hawkish objections to current Syria policy are “half-baked” and always have […]
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