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For Obama, No Middle Ground in the Mideast
Posted June 8th, 2015 at 8:42 am (UTC-5)
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No Easy Choice on ISIS
Posted June 5th, 2015 at 2:50 pm (UTC-5)
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The question is as stark as it is simple: What shall we do if ISIS threatens to take Baghdad or Damascus?
More US Air Power Needed to Defeat IS, Defense Expert Says
Posted May 29th, 2015 at 5:54 pm (UTC-5)
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“Right now the problem with Syria, and it’s a true tragedy, is there really aren’t good options for a US strategy.” Anthony Cordesman
The State of the Islamic State. And US Policy
Posted May 29th, 2015 at 3:40 pm (UTC-5)
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Ever since Islamic State militants took control of the Iraqi city Ramadi, the success of the Obama administration’s policy to quash the extremists has been revisited many times over. The territorial gains have shaken up the debate over how to get a handle on the group, which has roiled Syria, Iraq – and US policymakers.
Challenged by Mideast Upheaval, Obama Policy Re-examined
Posted May 22nd, 2015 at 2:20 pm (UTC-5)
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Be it the Islamic State, Syria, Iraq or a possible nuclear deal with Iran, the region’s complexity is, once again, front and center. That IS militants now hold more than half of Syrian territory is just one alarming development that has President Barack Obama defending the choices he’s made to handle unprecedented upheaval in the Middle East.
You Want Hypothetical? Here’s One.
Posted May 22nd, 2015 at 9:22 am (UTC-5)
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Following six years of President Obama’s steady and determined withdrawal from the Middle East, America’s standing in the region has collapsed.
IS Takes Control of Historic Palmyra, Alarming Observers
Posted May 21st, 2015 at 12:09 pm (UTC-5)
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With the strategic city now in the hands of the Islamic State, over half of the country is now administered by IS. The immediate fear is that the extremists will destroy Palmyra’s famed ruins of the Roman empire. The larger view, however, strikes at the heart of the current formula to defeat IS.
As ISIS Brutalizes Women, a Pathetic Feminist Silence
Oh, how the feminist movement has lost its way. And the deafening silence over ISIS’s latest brutal crimes makes that all too clear.