Tag: ISIS

In the past President Donald Trump declared that ISIS had been defeated. When he pulled US troops out of Syria, he said it was safe to do because ISIS was defeated. In his announcement today stating that ISIS leader al-Baghdadi had killed himself during a US raid on an ISIS…

He decides to investigate the American pullout from Syria. the link includes testimony video.

Almost immediately after the bombing at the Ariana Grande concert at the Manchester Arena on Monday night, the Islamic State claimed responsibility. British authorities have arrested a number of suspects and are trying to determine if their is a network of conspirators involved…and yes, the thread may lead back to…

Well we’ve gone from 50 special ops troops in Syria to a reportedly 200 more this week. I was afraid that the Paris terrorist attacks might become President Obama’s Bay of Tonkin…but he didn’t go quite that far…yet. But his response is more special ops forces in Iraq/Syria: President Obama’s…

Although there is bi-partisan support for an Authorization for the Use of Military Force in Syria being floated in the US Senate…it doesn’t stand a chance in the House: In the aftermath of the massacre in Paris, a handful of persistent members of Congress are renewing their call to take…

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R – WI) thinks that the Obama administration should get tougher with Daesh (also known as ISIS, ISIL, and the Islamic State): WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives challenged President Barack Obama on Tuesday to get tougher with Islamic State…

This is a rather long article from the New York Times Magazine from earlier in November. It tells the story of one particular Syrian refugee and her family as they try to survive in a refugee camp in Lebanon. It is worth the read particularly as the conversation from our…

Writing for The Atlantic, Graeme Wood has an absolutely amazing piece outlining what ISIS really wants and how misunderstood it has been by the world powers combating it. Here’s a snippet from Graeme Wood’s piece – I strongly encourage you all to click the link above to read the whole…

US has ‘contained’ Islamic State group, Obama says! Wait……….WHAT? The United States has halted the course of the Islamic State group, President Barack Obama said in remarks broadcast Friday, calling for a stepped up drive to “completely decapitate” the militants’ operations. I don’t think they’re gaining strength,” said Obama. “From…

I have posted two articles in the past week or so denouncing President Obama’s unilateral escalation of the war in Syria: Obama Can’t Ramp Up The War in Syria Fast Enough! and Obama Finds His Own Private Viet Nam. Now it seems that the president’s war may be totally illegal…