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Sowell: New Year's Irresolution
Creators Syndicate ^ | January 13, 2015 | Thomas Sowell

Posted on 01/12/2015 1:05:52 PM PST by jazusamo

President Barack Obama's absence from the great gathering in Paris of national leaders from other countries, to show their solidarity with France in its opposition to Islamic terrorists, was another sign of the Obama administration's continuing irresolution in the face of terror.

Even the recent courageous message of Egypt's president, Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi, calling on his fellow Muslims around the world to "revolutionize" the interpretation of Islam, to make it more compatible with peaceful relations with other peoples, put no steel in the spine of Barack Obama.

From his earliest days in the White House, our president has downplayed the terrorist threat from Islamic extremists. He declared victory as he pulled American troops out of Iraq, setting the stage for a huge defeat when ISIS moved in to create their own new government, on both Iraqi and Syrian soil — while committing atrocities against men, women and children not seen since the days of the Nazis.

Undaunted, President Obama has since reaffirmed his determination to similarly pull American troops out of Afghanistan, with a similar declaration that they are no longer needed. He proceeds as if he can declare a war over when it suits the political convenience of his administration.

But a war is not over until the enemy stops fighting. The terrorist enemies of Iraq and Afghanistan are enemies of the United States as well. ISIS has left no doubt of that by beheading Americans and spreading the videotapes of these beheadings for the enjoyment of like-minded people in the Middle East and beyond.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: foreignpolicy; isis; islam; islamislam; muslims; muslimsympathizer; obama; sowell; terrorism; thomassowell

1 posted on 01/12/2015 1:05:52 PM PST by jazusamo
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2 posted on 01/12/2015 1:08:11 PM PST by jazusamo (0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin)
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To: jazusamo

I’m convinced if we had a cowering lilly-livered administration like we have today, during both World Wars, we would be under the thumb of dictators right now.


3 posted on 01/12/2015 1:10:35 PM PST by vpintheak (Keep calm and Rain Steel!)
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To: jazusamo

His name IS Hussein!


4 posted on 01/12/2015 1:11:06 PM PST by rawcatslyentist (Genesis 1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed,)
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To: jazusamo

A depressing summary, including some bad stuff I haven’t read before.


5 posted on 01/12/2015 1:16:43 PM PST by Tax-chick ("A war is not over until the enemy stops fighting." ~ Thomas Sowell)
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Agreed...Dr. Sowell is on the mark in my view and 0bama does not have the interests of our nation in his agenda.


6 posted on 01/12/2015 1:23:06 PM PST by jazusamo (0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin)
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To: jazusamo
B T T T ! ! ! ©

7 posted on 01/12/2015 1:24:30 PM PST by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: jazusamo

“He is not stupid, nor is there any reason to believe that he is cowardly.”

He’s both.


8 posted on 01/12/2015 1:27:04 PM PST by nikos1121
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To: jazusamo

Obama IS a Muslim. He cannot show disunity with them or risk a Fatwa. Besides. He believes in their mission and goals.


9 posted on 01/12/2015 1:38:00 PM PST by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: jazusamo
But a war is not over until the enemy stops fighting.

Or when you surrender to the enemy...

10 posted on 01/13/2015 2:44:21 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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” Agreed...Dr. Sowell is on the mark in my view and 0bama does not have the interests of our nation in his agenda.”

His only interest is destroying it, as Sowell well knows.
He wrote extensively on this in one of his books (2010)


11 posted on 01/13/2015 7:37:49 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (Batting average 1,000 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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