President Obama in his September 10 speech to the nation officially confirmed that the United States has been “sending arms to Iraqi Security Forces and the Syrian opposition.” While Obama did not state specifically what group(s) America is providing assistance
Questions surround a Washington, D.C. conference whose stated purpose was to gather lawmakers, Eastern and Western churches, community leaders and a variety of Christian groups to confront the problem of genocide being perpetrated against Christians by ISIS. According to Alana
President Obama came to office on the promise of ending America’s war in Iraq. Last night he committed the country to degrading and destroying ISIS in Iraq and Syria, albeit with relatively few boots on the ground. It’s not just
Thursday on the Senate floor, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) told the story of being at the White House last year with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) discussing strategy for dealing with Syria. In that visit to the White House, McCain claimed
NEW YORK (AP) — With the solemn toll of a bell and a moment of silence, the nation paused Thursday to mark the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks at the hallowed site just hours after President Barack Obama
President Obama’s request for congressional authorization to arm Syrian rebels to help combat the burgeoning threat of the Islamic State would be in serious trouble in the House if not for the unlikely support of liberal Democrats who savaged George
In spite of its promise to NATO to help fight the Islamic State, Turkey will not take part in combat operations against militants and will refuse to allow any US-led coalition to attack jihadists in neighboring Iraq and Syria from
President Obama’s vow to destroy ISIS rings hollow and sets the course for another American misadventure. Along with allies in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, he refuses to grasp that security can’t be purchased on the cheap. The cancer
The British government appeared to overrule Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond this afternoon by stating that the UK may yet take part in air strikes against Islamic State in Syria. Hammond had earlier said that Britain would definitely not join the
Just one in four German jihadis finished high school, a report which describes those who travel to Syria as mainly ‘young, male failures’ has announced. The Local has reported that 90 percent of jihadis were male, and a third were
Writing at the Weekly Standard, Frederick Kagan and Kimberly Kagan assert that, during President Obama’s announcement of his plan to bring a counter-terrorism strategy to an insurgency fight, he said two things that are not true. Observing that ISIL is
Today on the thirteenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks the media cycle is being driven by President Obama’s speech last night in which he informed the world of his plans for Iraq and Syria. How different would our response as
President Obama gave his official “war speech” last night, speaking about his planned military action to stop Islamic State terrorists in Iraq and Syria, but he never actually used the world “war” to describe his strategy. In fact, the only
President Obama addressed the American people this week, assuring them that he now had a plan to defeat the terror group ISIS. Remember that just the other day, Obama said that he didn’t have a plan to counter ISIS. The
Female British jihadis are running brothels full of Yazidi women who have been kidnapped by ISIS militants in Iraq. The women, who are senior members of the al-Khanssaa religious police force, have been tasked with looking after the girls who
Looking back on Wednesday night’s presidential address to the nation, some analysts have wondered what, exactly, President Barack Obama intended to say. There was no real news in the speech, after all. The main point was to convey a four-part
Wednesday night on the eve of the 13th anniversary of September 11, 2001 terror attacks, President Barack Obama addressed the nation on the actions his administration is taking to combat the threat of The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
NBC News Chief Global Correspondent Bill Neely reported that the US has “no effective ally on the ground” in Syria and wondered aloud where he could find the moderate Syrian rebels the president says he wants to support during MSNBC’s
Wednesday on CNN following President Barack Obama’s prime time address, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and former Obama administration press secretary Jay Carney got into a heated exchange over Obama’s responsibility in allowing ISIS to grow in Iraq and Syria over
NBC Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel strongly criticized President Obama’s address on ISIS during MSNBC’s special coverage of the speech on Wednesday night. Engel said that Obama’s invocation of Yemen and Somalia was “wildly off base, frankly. I think, it’s
House Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy praised President Obama for announcing his decision to take the threat posed by Islamic State terrorists seriously, but they questioned his resolve to fight a war on terrorism. Boehner praised Obama
On Wednesday evening, President Obama gave his long-awaited speech spelling out his carefully planned strategy to deal with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. The speech was brief by Obama standards – approximately fifteen minutes – and well-articulated. Sadly,
By the time President Obama delivered his prime time speech this evening, he had already effectively softened the news of his decision to launch further military air strikes against Islamic State terrorists in both Iraq and Syria. Obama announced, however,
Wednesday night on the eve of the 13th anniversary of September 11, 2001 terror attacks, President Barack Obama said U.S. airstrikes in Iraq and potentially Syria with a “broad coalition” on the ground which he repeatedly insisted would not include American
