Tag: ISIS

Not So Innocents Abroad

The Scrapbook · September 8, 2014 4:00 am

‘We Don’t Have a Strategy Yet’

William Kristol · September 8, 2014 4:00 am

Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, left said Sunday that no strategy for decapitating the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria would be complete without attacking the extremist movement's command and control centers inside Syria. But Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, who has previously called for President Obama to bomb ISIS "back to the stone age," stopped short of advocating for U.S. military action inside of Syria, which remains ravaged by civil war. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio differ on combatting ISIS

David M. Drucker · September 7, 2014 8:51 pm

In this Aug. 8, 2014, file photo, Kurdish Peshmerga fighters take cover during airstrikes targeting militants of the Islamic State group near the Khazer checkpoint outside of the city of Irbil in northern Iraq. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)

Top Democrats want Obama’s ISIS strategy to address Syria

David M. Drucker · September 7, 2014 8:33 pm

Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., said he doesn't believe the president needs to seek congressional authorization to target the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Key Democrat doubts Obama could get votes for ISIS military action

David M. Drucker · September 7, 2014 7:11 pm

Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., questions national security and intelligence officials as they testify before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence regarding NSA surveillance in Washington last year. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Nunes: ‘The president doesn’t need any new authority’ for ISIS

David M. Drucker · September 7, 2014 6:53 pm

"I think the strikes that the United States took are very much in line with what the president Ã¢â¬" with what President Obama said were the guiding principles of military action in Iraq," Hagel said, according to a transcript of the press conference made available by the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)

Haditha Dam airstrikes not new to Iraq strategy: Hagel

Jennifer Peebles · September 7, 2014 6:03 pm

In this Monday, Aug. 18, 2014 file photo, smoke rises during airstrikes targeting Islamic State militants at the Mosul Dam outside Mosul, Iraq. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)

U.S. airstrikes hit ISIS near Haditha, Mosul dams

Jennifer Peebles · September 7, 2014 4:33 pm

A fighter with ISIS stands guard in front of the headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party on Aug. 7, 2014, in the Christian village of Bartella, northern Iraq. (AP Photo, File)

Obama won’t ask Congress to authorize military action against ISIS

David M. Drucker · September 7, 2014 4:06 pm

Kerry’s Red Line

William Kristol · September 7, 2014 2:40 pm

A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter uses binoculars to check on ISIS positions on the outskirts of Makhmour, 186 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014. (AP Photo/ Marko Drobnjakovic)

National Security

Obama to outline ISIS plans Wednesday

Susan Crabtree · September 7, 2014 2:31 pm

In a joint op-ed with British Prime Minister David Cameron, President Obama promised that "we will not be cowed" by ISIS. "Those who want to adopt an isolationist approach misunderstand the nature of security in the 21st century. Developments in other parts of the world, particularly in Iraq and Syria, threaten our security at home," Obama and Cameron wrote. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Can Obama win the fight against ISIS?

Linda Chavez · September 6, 2014 8:58 pm