The surprise is that it ever issued the correction: On September 11, the Mark Landler article [in the NY Times] included this curious sentence: “Unlike Mr. Bush in the Iraq war, Mr. Obama has sought to surround the United States … Continue reading →
Airstrikes began just a short while ago, in the part of Syria controlled by ISIS: “I can confirm that U.S. military and partner nation forces are undertaking military action against ISIL [ISIS] terrorists in Syria using a mix of fighter, … Continue reading →
The WaPo has been reporting on the fact that Obama and his generals are at odds over the conduct of the operation against ISIS. The conflict seems to be heating up (the war against the generals, that is, not the … Continue reading →
ISIS has done the world one favor, and one favor only. Favor, you say? Are you mad? What sort of favor could ISIS be doing anyone? That favor is to make more people believe that evil exists. One would think … Continue reading →
Foreign Policy eviscerates Obama’s (foreign policy, that is). Excerpt: …[U]nlike Bush, whose flaw-riddled first-term foreign policy was followed by important and not fully appreciated second-term course corrections, Obama seems steadfast in his resistance both to learning from his past errors … Continue reading →
Ben Domenech thinks Americans have remained consistently Jacksonian: Despite the opinion of elites on either extreme ”“ whether motivated by humanitarian or democracy project aims ”“ the fact is that, 13 years after 9/11, it’s remarkable how coherent and consistent … Continue reading →
Here was the Left’s plan for defeat in Iraq, in their own words. I wrote about it in the early days of this blog. They were planning to get Congress to cut funding, but that turned out to be unnecessary. … Continue reading →
Romney was right about the Iraq pullout. George W. Bush was right about the Iraq pullout. I was right about Obama’s intention to pull out of Iraq, which he had expressed time and again even before he became president (see … Continue reading →
Yesterday’s post on the percentage of Jews in Germany prior to WWII (about .75%) engendered a few questions in the comments section that I figured were interesting enough that they deserved a post of their own. First we have “matthew49,” … Continue reading →
From Caroline Glick: The Obama administration’s decision to side with the members of the jihadist axis against Israel by adopting their demand to open Gaza’s borders with Israel and Egypt has served as the final nail in the coffin of … Continue reading →
I remember reading some of Lee Harris’s essays post-9/11 and being impressed, but after that I lost track of him. So I missed his book Civilization and its Enemies: The Next Stage of History when it first came out in … Continue reading →
Again. Why not? Who’s going to stop them? Obama’s presidency offers a golden opportunity for Putin and tyrants all over the world to act as they please. The 80s are calling, and they want their foreign policy back. So are … Continue reading →