Obama’s rush for the exit and Maliki’s autocratic rule ensured that much hard-won progress would not last. Bad enough. But if we don’t learn from this… ========== Fouad Ajami – June 13, 2014 6:25 p.m. ET Two men bear direct responsibility for the mayhem engulfing Iraq: Barack Obama and Nouri al-Maliki. The U.S. president and Iraqi prime minister stood shoulder to shoulder in... Read more
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The Men Who Sealed Iraq’s Disaster With a Handshake
June 21 | Posted by mrossol | Iraq, Middle East, ObamaThe Iraq Debacle
June 21 | Posted by mrossol | Middle East, Obama, Radical Islam, The LeftYour great leader and statesman… ========== An extended civil war is likely. A terrorist caliphate is possible. The magnitude of the debacle now unfolding in Iraq is becoming clearer by the day, with the terrorist army of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, or ISIS, marching ever closer to Baghdad. On Tuesday the al Qaeda affiliate captured Mosul, a city with a... Read more
Trading With the Taliban
June 2 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Obama, Radical Islam, The LeftThat Mr. Obama—and his liberal friends—denounced George W. Bush for similar signing statements is one more antiterror irony of this Presidency. Other Americans will pay the price for the terrorist hostage swap. ============ The return of Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl from the clutches of the Taliban is cause for relief for his family and all Americans. But there’s no denying that the price of... Read more
Henninger: #BokoHaram Doesn’t Sing
May 22 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Obama, Radical Islam, Terrorism, The LeftNail squarely hit with big hammer. It is gut-wrenching to see the US of A come to what it has come to. Is is any wonder that Russians like Putin? At least he is a leader who knows that actions make more of a difference than endless deliberations. ====== WSJ_May 21, 2014 7:12 p.m. ET The tweeting has subsided. That tends to happen in... Read more
A Selfie-Taking, Hashtagging Teenage Administration
May 13 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, ObamaNo one should be surprised. A president that can’t get enough of himself… those surrounding him have very similar feathers. But it is not good news for America. The prophet Isaiah (3:4) said: “And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule.” ================= By Eliot A. Cohen May 12, 2014 6:56 p.m. ET As American foreign policy continues its long... Read more
Standing to Sue
May 5 | Posted by mrossol | Obama, US Constitution, US CourtsIf this issue is not addressed and “we” continue to allow the executive branch to abdicate its accountability to enforce the laws of the land, I fear we will come to regret it. ====== The legal left and media are always last to know, but there are the makings of a correction in how the courts police conflicts between the political branches.... Read more
