What we’re talking about is not new… I am continually amazed the number of Americans so don’t seem to “get it”. ======= Dec. 8, 2015 6:41 p.m. WSJ From a March 28, 1786, letter written by John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, who were American diplomats at the time, to U.S. Secretary of Foreign Affairs John Jay reporting on their conversation in London with... Read more
Archive for the ‘ISIS’ Category
Fighting Terror by Self-Reproach – WSJ
December 8 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, ISIS, Obama, Politically correct, The LeftMr Stephens is right on the money – again. ================= Nobody who watched Barack Obama’s speech Sunday night outlining his strategy to defeat Islamic State could have come away disappointed by the performance. Disappointment presupposes hope for something better. That ship sailed, and sank, a long time ago. By now we are familiar with the cast of Mr. Obama’s mind. He does not... Read more
Hillary Benn-
December 7 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, ISISToo bad American politicians do not have this level of honesty and willingness to speak truth. ============== Thank you very much Mr Speaker. Before I respond to the debate, I would like to say this directly to the Prime Minister: Although my right honourable friend the Leader of the Opposition and I will walk into different division lobbies tonight, I am proud... Read more
Kurds on the Right Side of History
November 21 | Posted by mrossol | ISIS, Obama, Radical Islam, The LeftFrom French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy’s “Thinking the unthinkable: This is war,” in the Toronto Globe and Mail, Nov. 16: I come now to the heart of the matter. The real source of this flood of horror. And that is the Islamic State, which occupies a good third of Syria and Iraq and provides to the perpetrators of possible future Bataclans the... Read more
Wins in the War on Terror
June 17 | Posted by mrossol | ISIS, Middle East, Radical IslamThe Kurdish advance in Syria is more important than drone kills, and no one is surprised that the Kurds were able to do it. ============== The U.S. scored a noteworthy victory last week when an American missile killed Nasser al-Wuhayshi, the longtime leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and the global organization’s Number Two. Coupled with unconfirmed reports that an... Read more
‘Headscarves and Hymens’
April 29 | Posted by mrossol | Iran, Iraq, ISIS, Losing Freedom, Middle EastWhere is the Left on behalf of women? ================= By Bari Weiss April 27, 2015 7:22 p.m. ET If you are cursed to be born a girl in Egypt, there is a 90% chance you will have your genitals cut in the name of purity. In Yemen, there is a 55% chance you will never learn to read and a 79% chance you... Read more
