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How are America’s actions any different than Israel’s ?

COMMENTARY by Jonathan Tobin September 23, 2014 The unleashing of the campaign of U.S. air strikes on terrorist targets throughout Syria last night may be the beginning of an offensive that will, as President Obama claimed this morning, “take the … Continue reading

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Obama Taps Star General To Build Syrian Rebel Army to Fight ISIS

DAILY BEAST by Josh Rogin and Eli Lake September 21, 2014 General Michael Nagata is promising to build a new force to destroy ISIS but lawmakers worry he has been given an impossible mission. As lawmakers prepared to take a … Continue reading

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Saving Private Kerry

FRONT PAGE MAG by Daniel Greenfield September 19, 2014 Secretary of State John Kerry didn’t appear before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to lay out an offensive strategy for defeating ISIS. Instead his real mission was a defensive strategy to protect Obama from … Continue reading

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14 Million Refugees Make the Levant Unmanageable

PJ MEDIA by David P. Goldman September 8, 2014 There are always lunatics lurking in the crevices of Muslim politics prepared to proclaim a new caliphate; there isn’t always a recruiting pool in the form of nearly 14 million displaced … 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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In Northeast Syria, Islamic State Builds a Government

REUTERS by Mariam Karouny September 4, 2014 In the cities and towns across the desert plains of northeast Syria, the ultra-hardline al Qaeda offshoot Islamic State has insinuated itself into nearly every aspect of daily life. The group famous for … Continue reading

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Learning to Love Our Terrorist Friends

FRONT PAGE MAGAZINE by Daniel Greenfield September 3, 2014 Israel was told not to take down Arafat or Hamas would take over. Now Israel is being warned that if it destroys Hamas, ISIS will take over. The distinction between Hamas … 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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