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A President Whose Assurances Have Come Back to Haunt Him

NEW YORK TIMES by Peter Baker September 8, 2014 WASHINGTON — When President Obama addresses the nation on Wednesday to explain his plan to defeat Islamic extremists in Iraq and Syria, it is a fair bet he will not call … Continue reading

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Defending New Kurdish Borders with the PKK: The Battle For Iraq [CLICK FOR VIDEO]

VICE NEWS August 29, 2014 After conquering large swathes of Iraq and Syria, the Islamic State is now tearing up the near century-old map of the region and drawing new boundaries. The ethnically mixed city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq … Continue reading

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America’s neglected defense

WASHINGTON POST by Robert Samuelson September 7, 2014 You might have thought that the lesson would be obvious. In the past year, we’ve had an elementary tutorial in the uses of raw military power: in Ukraine, where Russia manufactured a … Continue reading

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A Beheading Ends All Illusions About Islam

FRONT PAGE by Daniel Greenfield August 27, 2014 In August 2012, James Foley retweeted a link to a CNN story asking “Right-wing extremist terrorism as deadly a threat as al Qaeda?” The article concluded that indeed it was. Three months later, … Continue reading

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Destroy the ‘Islamic State’

NATIONAL REVIEW by John Boulton September 8, 2014 The recent military successes of the Islamic State, also known as ISIS and ISIL, and the ongoing disintegration of Iraq’s “central” government have created a strategic crisis for the United States. Barack Obama’s … Continue reading

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Who Will Stand Up for the Christians?

NEW YORK TIMES by Ronald S. Lauder August 19, 2014 WHY is the world silent while Christians are being slaughtered in the Middle East and Africa? In Europe and in the United States, we have witnessed demonstrations over the tragic … Continue reading

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How the U.S.-favored Kurds Abandoned the Yazidis when ISIS Attacked

DAILY BEAST by Christine Van Den Toorn August 17, 2014 Interviews with witnesses show the Kurds who are now getting weapons and air support from Washington left the Yazidis defenseless earlier this month. DOHUK, Iraq — Not the least of … Continue reading

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Pity America’s Friends

NATIONAL REVIEW by James Kirchick August 8, 2014 People in the Middle East who put their trust in Barack Obama are suffering right now In January, President Obama likened fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria to a “jayvee … Continue reading

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The Islamic State’s bloody campaign to exterminate minorities: ‘Even Genghis Khan didn’t do this’

WASHINGTON POST by Terrence McCoy August 7, 2014 From Ed Lasky: The world seemingly has no interest in the human rights abuses that go on daily at a breathtaking rate and with a viscousness that far exceeds anything seen in the … Continue reading

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Why No One Cares About the Christians of Mosul. We know why that is.

COMMENTARY by Tom Wilson July 29, 2014 No one cares about the Christians of Mosul–or perhaps we should say the Christians formerly of Mosul. The reports in recent days suggest that the last Christians have now fled that city, forced … Continue reading

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