After President Barack Obama made his case to the American people that the United States needs to take strong military actions against the Islamic State, he faced a divided Congress. Maine’s Congressional delegations released statements that agreed with the president that the Islamic State is a dangerous terrorist organization. They also want a chance to […]
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Obama announces air strikes in Syria against ISIS
WASHINGTON — Opening a new military front in the Middle East, President Barack Obama authorized U.S. airstrikes inside Syria for the first time Wednesday night, along with expanded strikes in Iraq as part of “a steady, relentless effort” to root out Islamic State extremists and their spreading reign of terror. “We will hunt down terrorists […]
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R. Grover: When will there be a strategy?
With ISIS growing in strength, numbers and territory and Russia’s Vladimir Putin deploying men and tanks into Ukraine, President Obama dithers, seemingly unable or unwilling to make a decision — any decision. The beheading of an American news correspondent a week or so ago prompted other top U.S. officials to state that ISIS constitutes a […]
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H. Kauffman: Curbing the urge for war
ISIS is evil. The Nazis were evil. There are frightening similarities between them. Both stemmed from perceived injustice; both had the most modern weapons; both had masterful propaganda; both aimed at absolute supremacy; both had limitless zeal; and both were aided by secret sources of money. The Nazis could have been stopped at an early […]
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Cal Thomas: Defeat terrorists now or face disastrous future
When liberal Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and the conservative former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich agree on something, attention should be paid. Feinstein, who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee, said last Friday that the U.S. must confront the jihadists who call themselves the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS or ISIL). “It takes an […]
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U.S. bombs Islamic militants in Iraq
WASHINGTON — U.S. fighters dropped bombs on Islamic militants in Iraq Friday, the Pentagon said, carrying out President Barack Obama’s promise of military force to counter the advancing militants and confront the threat they pose to Iraqi civilians and Americans still stationed there. Pentagon press secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby said that two F/A-18 jets […]