Tag: ISIS

Give Obama the Power? Nope!

Richard C. Young - February 13, 2015

Congress should vote nay. Obama now has asked Congress to give him broad powers to fight ISIS. What is required before Congress takes a...

VIDEO: Boots on the Ground?

Richard C. Young - February 12, 2015

Rand Paul advises boots on the ground against ISIS. The senator wants Turkey and Jordan to take a lead position.

Obama’s Free Hand

Richard C. Young - February 12, 2015

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...

How to Kill the Islamic State Mystique

Debbie Young - February 6, 2015

ISIS is “a network, a movement and an organization” that is a geopolitical, economic and humanitarian menace to the world. According to Mr. Haass...

King Abdullah Readies for War with ISIS

The Editors - February 6, 2015

After ISIS burned alive Jordanian pilot Muath Kasasbeh, King Abdullah of Jordan pledged Kasasbeh's blood would not have been spilt in vain. The Jordan Times...

Let the Sunnis Deal with ISIS

Richard C. Young - February 6, 2015

Originally posted February 6, 2015. Pat Buchanan looks at the position Turkey and the Sunni’s should take in defeating ISIS. Critics argue that after making his...

ISIS on the Run

Richard C. Young - January 23, 2015

The Wall Street Journal reports that U.S.-led airstrikes have wiped out 6,000 of ISIS’s 14,000 core fighters and half of its core leadership. Straight...

MAP: Patchwork Syria

The Editors - December 30, 2014

Competing religious groups and ethnicities are tearing Syria into a patchwork of localized spheres of control. Stratfor (subscription required) has developed a map illustrating the...

Obama’s Gutless Hagel Dumping

Richard C. Young - November 25, 2014

Americans recently voted resoundingly against Policy Obama. And what does this washed-up president do? Slaps Americans in the face with a vote-buying, unilateral executive...