Obama’s Re-WOT (revived war on terror)

By Austin Bay

Published September 10, 2014 5:19pm ET

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Obama’s Re-WOT (revived war on terror) — Riffs on President Obama's "the tide of war is receding" claim received marquee billing in at least two State of the Union speeches. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) | J. Scott Applewhite

President Obama has a knack for repeatedly declaring peace. Now he is taking America to war against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and its barbarian army of Islamist terrorists.

The focal battlefield for President Obama’s war on terrorists is, of all places, Iraq. In 2011, as he oversaw the withdrawal of U.S. forces, Obama touted Iraq’s stability.

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