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 →
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 →
At first I read this article thinking that the escuses offered by Faklan Abdeslam—the mother of Paris suicide bomber Ibrahim Abdeslam, who blew himself up during the Paris attacks, injuring another man—were mordantly, bitterly, absurd. Faklan, by the way, is … Continue reading →
We knew it anyway, but now it’s official, according to Russia: A homemade explosive device brought down a Russian passenger plane over Egypt last month, the head of Russia’s FSB security service said Tuesday, telling Russian President Vladimir Putin it’s … Continue reading →
…but the fingerprints were real.
Continue reading →I didn’t watch Obama’s press conference, but I’ve seen the reports: He’s a remarkable man, in all the wrong ways. He is the apotheosis of progressivism, the avatar and godling that is the living embodiment of all their cowardices, lies, … Continue reading →
Quite a find: The interior ministry said 168 searches had taken place across the country in the wake of the Paris terror attacks… Searches in Lille, Strasbourg, Lyon, Grenoble, Marseille and Toulouse resulted in the rocket launcher, flak jackets, 15 … Continue reading →
I just want to note that, although I think the governors refusing to accept Syrian refugees are doing the right and necessary thing, it is important only in the sense of alerting people to what’s going on. It won’t ultimately … Continue reading →
I had notes for a piece that would explore France’s options in fighting the terrorists within. I saw two possible models: their own campaign against Algerian terrorists in the 50s (which I had mentioned in one of my first posts … Continue reading →
Take a look at the news roundup website Memeorandum today. The headlines and blurbs tell a story. At the very top we have “Islamic State threatens attack on Washington, other countries”: Islamic State warned in a new video on Monday … Continue reading →
France responds. Why on earth was this not done earlier? Was it because everyone was hoping the crocodile would eat them last?: The operation, carried out in coordination with U.S. forces, struck a command centre, recruitment centre for jihadists, a … Continue reading →