Posts Tagged: Obama Iraq
Should the US Really Withdraw From Iraq?
It takes only a quick read of the main articles featured in al-Wifaq, the Arabic-language mouthpiece of the Islamic Republic of Iran, to grasp the complexity...
An Iraqi Sunni State Is a Prerequisite to Defeating ISIS
One of the main prerequisites for defeating ISIS in Iraq and stabilizing the country is the establishment of an independent Sunni Iraqi state alongside the current...
If the US Wants to Defeat ISIS, Obama Must Take the Lead
Iran's nuclear weapons program is not the only deadly threat to America and its allies currently being botched by Washington. Close behind, and for many...
Leon Panetta Says Obama Rejected Advice to Keep Ground Troops in Iraq
Breitbart - President Barack Obama had "leverage" to maintain a residual U.S. military force in Iraq, but decided against it, a mistake that allowed jihadists...
President Obama Refuses to Recognize Reality
President Obama's halting, erratic, often contradictory response to the Islamic State's emergence is a classic example how rigid ideology can distort reality. His unwillingness to...
President Obama Admits U.S. Underestimated ISIS
CBS News - President Obama acknowledged that the U.S. underestimated the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS, also called ISIL) and overestimated...
Myths Vs. Reality About ISIS
Much has been said about President Obama's strategy to degrade and eventually "destroy" the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Regardless of the soundness...
New York Times: Obama’s Past Assurances on Foreign Policy Have Come Back to Haunt Him
New York Times - When President Obama addresses the nation on Wednesday to explain his plan to defeat Islamic extremists in Iraq and Syria, it is...
Obama’s Disastrous (Lack of) Policy on ISIS
A day before ISIS released its latest gruesome video of the beheading of an innocent and heroic American, The Atlantic's Peter Beinart offered up a...
Democrats Hammer Obama for Lack of Strategy to Challenge Islamic State
Politico - Incumbent Democratic senators up for reelection this fall became the White House's latest headache on Wednesday, criticizing President Barack Obama's approach to confronting the...
Lawmakers Say Congress Must Authorize Any Strike Against Islamic State
New York Times - A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Wednesday called for Congress to debate and vote on whether to authorize President Obama to...
Obama Says World ‘Appalled’ by Islamic State Beheading; Airstrikes in Iraq to Continue
New York Times - President Obama declared Wednesday that the entire world was "appalled" by the beheading of an American journalist by militants in Syria,...
Islamic State Beheads One American, Promises to Kill Second
Islamic State terrorists made good Tuesday on threats to kill Americans if President Obama launched airstrikes against terrorist strongholds in Iraq. Jihadists released a video of an...
Disengagement Not an Option in the Middle East
JNS.org - Strolling through Jerusalem's historic Yemin Moshe quarter on a pleasant August morning, my ears caught a ringing, melodic sound emanating from within...
