Who in the Middle East acts with more impunity, and who has more business to be there — ISIS or the U.S.? What is the difference between executing American journalists and assassinating non-combatant men, women and children by drone strikes or any other means of hurling lethal ordinance? We rain bombs on and ship arms […]
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Rich Lowry: Obama’s speech: All talk, no strategy
Only President Barack Obama would feel compelled to mention the success of the American auto industry in a speech rallying the nation for a long war of annihilation against a vile terror group. Through the years, even when he’s been his most stalwart-sounding in national-security speeches, you can’t shake the sense that he’d much rather […]
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Leonard Pitts: Middle East presents a lesson we should have learned
If. Two letters long, it is arguably the most fruitless word in the English language, an evocation of paths not taken, possibilities foreclosed, regrets stacked high — and it lies like a pall of smoke over President Obama’s Wednesday-night announcement that this country is returning to war, albeit with air strikes only, in a place […]
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Fareed Zakaria: Military intervention in Middle East will work only if …
SAN FRANCISCO — Here we go again. The United States has declared war on another terrorist group. President Obama’s speech Wednesday night outlined a tough, measured strategy to confront the Islamic State — which is a threat to the region and beyond. But let’s make sure in the execution of this strategy that we learn […]
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J. Goodman: Israeli actions justified
In her rebuttal letter (July 24), Kathleen Kienitz complained that syndicated columnists Charles Krauthammer and Cal Thomas were “inane” in writing about Israeli action in Gaza. However, she failed to mention any fallacies in their reasoning. It is true, the Palestinians have suffered several hundred losses in Gaza, despite telephone and leaflet warnings from Israel […]
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Congress split on cutting off aid to Egypt
WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of Congress are split over whether the U.S. should cut off military aid to Egypt, highlighting the difficult choices facing the Obama administration amid spiraling violence on the streets of an important Middle East ally. Democratic leaders have generally supported the president’s approach. But on Sunday, Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., said […]