Tag: Islamic State

Raqqa was retaken from ISIS! Victory!!! Napa Valley Wineries…Disaster! Retake Mosul from ISIS! Victory!!! Puerto Rico after the hurricane…Disaster! I’m sorry but I am not seeing a whole lot of difference here…

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…

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…

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…

After years of promising that there would be no American boots on the ground in Syria, President Obama announced that a limited number of special forces troops would be sent to Syria to assist in the fight against the Islamic State. The intent is to send up to 50 advisors…

It’s time that Secretary of State John Kerry met with Russia and put this out on the line. Direct your forces to destroy the Islamic State in Syria and we’ll hold off on attacking Assad’s regime. When IS is done we can/will negotiate on the future of Syria and Assad….

All of us are aware of the decline in oil and gasoline prices that started late last year and promises to continue well into 2015. Reasons for the drop is attributed to declining demand from recessionary trends in parts of Europe as well as China and developing countries and general…

This op ed piece originally appeared in Wednesday’s New York Times and was reprinted this morning in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. I am going to copy it in its entirety here because I think it bears repeating. I hope the NYTimes will understand (the link to their original is above):…

President Obama has talked about his strategy for fighting ISIS in Syria and Iraq and of course approached Congress for authorization but more importantly funding. So the House is taking up the topic and considering their vote and they want to get out of town to complete campaigning in their…