“Preventive War” As bad an idea under Obama as under Bush
Note: You might want to check out my comment policy before proceeding as this topic has provoked a lot of emotion in the past. A major reason we (United States) invaded Iraq in 2003 was the Bush Doctrine that insisted we had to smash a future threat. Not a clear and present danger to the United Stat ...
The History Wars Continue, Part III
We’ve been seeing a pattern: the Texas Freedom Network denounces textbooks, not for saying things that are false, but for declining to give their preferred narrative. They attack books for giving arguments on the other side of their own political positions. This is clear from their treatment of Worl ...
Ray Rice, The Islamic State, and Sarah Palin
That Americans support more military action in Iraq and Syria against ISIS/ISIL/Islamic State than can find either of them on a map isn't unusual, but it is disturbing. Not even entirely out of Iraq, we are drawn back like an outdoor gnat to a light bulb. Apparently, all the US intelligence agencies ...
Isis Dalam Tinjauan Ahlussunnah
Category : Firoq, khawarij Transcribed : 10 September 2014 Oleh: Dr. Ali Musri Semjan Putra, MA. Pendahuluan Segala puji bagi Allah, shalawat dan salam buat nabi kita yang mulia Muhammada shalallahu’alaihi wassalam beserta keluarga dan para sahabat beliau. Berangkat dari rasa ingin saling menasehati ...
Strikes in Iraq, Syria expected under new, more aggressive, U.S. war plan
WASHINGTON — As U.S. forces gear up for airstrikes in Syria, the first demonstration of President Barack Obama's more aggressive military campaign against the Islamic State group is likely to unfold first in Iraq as early as next week, officials say.
Teens in Iraq and Syria urged to come home as Victoria Police warn of security budget strain
The Australian government has called on the families and friends of young people who might have joined foreign terrorist fighters in Syria and Iraq to convince them to come home, as one 16-year-old has been spirited back into the country. The call came a ...
Iraq PM orders halt to shelling of civilian areas
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's prime minister said Saturday he has ordered the army to stop shelling populated areas held by militants in order to spare the lives of "innocent victims" as the armed forces struggle to retake cities and towns seized by the Islamic ...
