What was wrong with Jordan? A Syrian family that fled the war-torn country in 2011 was welcomed Wednesday to its new home of Connecticut after Indiana officials objected to plans for the refugees to resettle in their state. The married … Continue reading →
It’s all about the narrative, don’t you see?: Vox’s Matt Yglesias offers an essential explanation, from a sympathetic source, of how things look to Obama administration insiders. “Many senior administration officials at this point are part of the permanent national … Continue reading →
Twenty-seven people were slaughtered in a Mali hotel by Muslim terrorists. Rescuers stormed the building and found the bodies; the rest of the hostages were freed. You can find the details at the link. Up to this point, I can’t … Continue reading →
It’s not a very strong bill. Here’s the gist of it: The House easily passed a bill Thursday that would suspend the program allowing Syrian and Iraqi refugees into the U.S. until key national security agencies certify they don’t pose … Continue reading →
A new report says that, despite being a known terrorist on watch lists, Abdelhamid Abaaoud came to Europe as part of the flood of recent “Syrian refugees,” and no one knew he was there. It’s a bit complicated. Abaaoud is … Continue reading →
Say what you will about the French and their leaders, when faced with the ISIS attack in Paris, they have responded with some vigor: The French airstrikes on Islamic State positions in Syria are only the beginning of the counterattack … Continue reading →
Why waste time on unnecessary briefings if, like Obama you already know who’s a terrorist and who isn’t?: Wednesday on Newsmax TV’s “The Steve Malzberg Show,” veteran journalist Sharyl Attkisson said her sources have told her that President Barack Obama … Continue reading →
Obama’s taunt that Republicans “are scared of widows and orphans” takes on an ironic twist in light of the fact that one of the dead in Wednesday morning’s Paris raid was a female suicide bomber (who, by the way, blew … Continue reading →
The best approach to ISIS would have been prevention, an ounce of it worth far more than a pound of cure. An obvious move would have been to have kept a small residual force in Iraq, back when even Obama … Continue reading →
…before the primaries really get going. You can see what I mean from this recent poll of NH voters. Trump is way ahead—as “way ahead” is defined at this point, with so many candidates in the race. He’s get 22% … Continue reading →
Obama reacts to critics of his immigration policy with the sort of style and substance we’ve come to expect of our president: Speaking to reporters Wednesday morning in the Philippines, Obama scoffed at attempts to block refugees following the Paris … Continue reading →
A shoot out left some dead and some in custody: For the second time in a week, gunfire and explosions ripped through France on Wednesday — this time in an hours-long ordeal that ended with at least two terror suspects … Continue reading →