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On Presidents Day, Let’s Remember What Thomas Jefferson Knew About Extremists

Posted February 15th, 2016 at 9:26 pm (UTC-5)
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President Obama still hasn’t learned the key lesson that Jefferson and other presidents (most recently George W. Bush) learned about the Middle East: You can’t crush an outlaw Islamist regime from the air. The more we delay putting boots on the ground against ISIS … the more power and prestige ISIS will gain for surviving our attacks.