Mr. Obama’s desire to deride his critics likely got the better of him once again. But he should study the law and come clean. Helping persecuted Christians is lawful and it is moral. What’s shameful is ignoring and abandoning them—and mocking Americans who want to help them.
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Obama Calls Helping Christian Refugees ‘Shameful,’ While State Claims That’s Exactly What It’s Doing
Posted November 19th, 2015 at 9:44 am (UTC-4)
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Refugees Another Casualty of Paris Attacks
Posted November 18th, 2015 at 3:54 pm (UTC-4)
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A group of American governors has declared it will not settle any of the 10,000 Syrian refugees the U.S. government has pledged to accept. But that position only amounts to an empty threat. State governors cannot make such decisions legally.The attempt to refuse refugees, which President Barack Obama described as a “dark impulse,” reflects a sense of fear following the devastating attacks by Islamic State militants across Paris. And it cuts to the heart of America’s historic identity: to be a country that welcomes those in great need whose lives are threatened. Despite the president’s vow to continue that tradition, others are pointing to shocking terrorist attacks at a soccer match, a concert and Parisian cafes as reason to tighten up America’s borders, lest just one terrorist slip by.
The Urgent Need for American ‘Exceptionalism’
Posted November 18th, 2015 at 1:03 pm (UTC-4)
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“Americans have been warned before and responded well to President Franklin Roosevelt’s wise belief that the only thing we have to fear “…is fear itself.” Fear would have us retreat. Fear would have us withdraw a helping hand. Fear would deny hope to those who have none.” Kevin Enochs
The Islamic State Paradox
Posted November 18th, 2015 at 11:44 am (UTC-4)
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[ISIS] is partly a totalitarian state and partly a transnational terrorist organization. As a state it can be attacked and defeated, at least temporarily. And yet, paradoxically, the more we in the West attack the state, the more its appeal as a terrorist organization will grow among those who see the West as an enemy.
What Paris Taught Us About the Islamic State
Posted November 17th, 2015 at 4:20 pm (UTC-4)
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The few remaining senior leaders of al Qaeda must be scratching their heads. Their complex hijackings and bombings required months or years of planning … ISIL has figured out how to strike at the heart of its adversaries … It’s repeatable, cheap, and effective
Dissecting Obama’s Islamic State Policy
Posted November 17th, 2015 at 3:20 pm (UTC-4)
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Just days after the shocking attacks by Islamic State fighters in Paris, a video allegedly by the group appeared online, declaring that Washington D.C. was its next target. Anxiety rippled through the capital city, prompting yet another round of questions about President Barack Obama’s strategy in Syria. Some pointed to Paris as an example of why the president should order ground troops to Syria: the Islamic State has not yet been defeated, observers argued, and it has proven ability to export its terrorism far away from its base in Syria and Iraq. Obama objected – again, again and, then, yet again during a press conference. From Obama’s standpoint, this fight is not solely America’s – and history shows that U.S. engagement in messy conflicts abroad haven’t done much but bring more suffering to Americans. Still the questions linger, driven by worries of an attack on U.S. soil.
War Is Interested in You
Posted November 17th, 2015 at 10:32 am (UTC-4)
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The American-led experiment meant to determine whether the Western world could live with the existence of the virulent Islamic State ended… when at least eight men armed with automatic weapons and suicide belts conducted one of the most daring and coordinated attacks on a Western target the world has seen in over a decade.
After Paris, a Global Resolve to Dispel Islamic State’s Darkness
Posted November 16th, 2015 at 11:07 am (UTC-4)
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It is easy to agree on the darkness of the militant ideology that drives IS, and to try to protect against its reach … But it also requires hard work to agree on the light that should replace that darkness and to end the IS threat for good – with something sustainably good.
The Dangers of an Anti-Muslim Backlash
Posted November 16th, 2015 at 10:23 am (UTC-4)
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Imagine that you’re a Muslim man, or a man that many people in a Western country would mistake for being Muslim … If you heard that Islamist radicals had just carried out an attack on your city, or your country, or even in another country, would you worry about a backlash?
Paris Terror Attacks: We Muslims Must Hunt Down These Monsters Who Make a Mockery of Our Religion
Posted November 16th, 2015 at 9:29 am (UTC-4)
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My dear Muslim brothers and sisters, it is time to make our voices heard: we must rise up massively and tell the barbarians who ordered, executed or condoned the acts of mass murder just committed in Paris that from now on we will take the lead in fighting and hunting them down…
The Real Terror Threat Congress Should Confront
[A] lawmaker’s petition to Congress for a blanket halt to the admission of Syrian refugees is a reminder of a far more real threat to the nation. An egregious loophole that Congress has failed to close has allowed over 2,000 suspects on the federal terrorist watch list to freely buy firearms and explosives …