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Obama’s Speech on ISIS, in Plain English – The Atlantic
Qua speech, Barack Obama s address Wednesday on the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria was surprisingly terrible: a disorganized mess, insincere and unconvincing. via www.theatlantic.comI thought it was a…
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Obama’s Disastrous Iraq Policy: An Autopsy – The Atlantic
Yes, the Iraq War was a disaster of historic proportions. Yes, seeing its architects return to prime time to smugly slam President Obama while taking no responsibility for their own,…
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NYT Baghdad bureau chief: The White House lied to Americans for years about what bad shape Iraq was in « Hot Air
Via Ace, something to keep in mind tonight while The One is doing his johnny-on-the-spot shtick about fighting jihadism in Iraq. Lie is my word, not Tim Arango s, but…
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America’s Consistent And Coherent Foreign Policy
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…
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Several new bills have been introduced in the United States Congress to authorize force against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Here are the bills:HJ Res 123 (Issa,…
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Chuck Todd: Obama about to do Carter-like damage to Democrats on foreign policy « Hot Air
Earlier, I wrote about the latest in the series of cratering poll numbers for Barack Obama and how it would impact his ability to restore confidence in his leadership. The…
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Don’t Blame Obama – History Will | Ricochet
This final phase has gotten even messier. The bad actors of this world have seen all Barack Obama s cards, and they know on his best day he can t…
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This Really Is Obama s Moment of Truth – The Daily Beast
We read so many stories about this critical juncture or that pivotal moment in foreign policy that it s hard to know which to take seriously. Whither NATO? has been…
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The Collapse of Obama s Foreign Policy – Rich Lowry – POLITICO Magazine
Put to the rhythms of Winston Churchill s famous call to arms in Parliament in June 1940, the Obama posture is, We shall degrade you, we shall lessen you as…
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Rand Paul carefully takes a bold stand sort of
Those wanting a U.S. war in Syria could not clearly show a U.S. national interest then, and they have been proven foolish now. A more realistic foreign policy would recognize…