Let's take a moment to consider where we are today. Here's just a few of the things that exist today:
1. In this past week, ISIS terrorists killed over 30 in bomb attacks in Belgium. The dead included two Americans and many more were wounded. Even though the authorities knew that the attack was likely, they were unable to stop it. There have also been recent attacks in countries scattered around the world.
2. ISIS remains in control of large portions of Iraq and Syria. It also has growing areas in Libya, Egypt, Afghanistan, Yemen, and elsewhere. Again, there seems to be no coordinated counterattack against ISIS. Indeed, when the Iraqi government announced this week that it had started the battle to retake Mosul, the second largest city in Iraq, an American military commander said that this was not true and that Iraq lacked the capability for such a battle. There is a desultory air campaign against ISIS, but it is more of a public relations effort than an attempt to change the military equation.
3. Our president responded to the ISIS attacks by making things worse. He didn't even bother to issue a statement after the bombing in Brussels, but waited until he gave a speech the next day. Then he devoted less than a minute to the attack, spoke about Cuba and hurried off to a baseball game. At the game he answered a question for ESPN about the attack, but then busied himself doing the wave with Raul Castro. Then it was on to Buenos Aires where Obama again ignored ISIS. It seems that the main point of the trip was so that Obama could dance the tango with a local dancer. Now he and the family are sightseeing in Patagonia. Oh, Obama did say that his strategy for dealing with ISIS is working, but one has to wonder what the goal of that strategy is: to lose?
4. The candidates to replace Obama are a sorry bunch. On the one hand we have Hillary Clinton who two thirds of the public does not call honest. On the other hand we have Donald Trump who two thirds of the public does not call honest. Hillary campaigns by hiding from indictment for violations of the Espionage Act. Just today more of Hillary's "lost" emails were "discovered". It's been more than a year since the whole email controversy was uncovered but now, NOW, more emails are "discovered"? Really? Trump campaigns by sending out pictures of Ted Cruz's wife. Now his supporters are starting a campaign on Twitter accusing Cruz of being unfaithful to his wife. Nothing like a serious discussion of the issues, right?
5. The forces of totalitarianism are on the march across America. Free speech is under assault at universities. The idea of academic freedom is gone; people are now free only to agree with the latest positions of the leftist mob in control on campus. No one seems to be standing up to this mob.
All in all, it's not such a good Friday.
1. In this past week, ISIS terrorists killed over 30 in bomb attacks in Belgium. The dead included two Americans and many more were wounded. Even though the authorities knew that the attack was likely, they were unable to stop it. There have also been recent attacks in countries scattered around the world.
2. ISIS remains in control of large portions of Iraq and Syria. It also has growing areas in Libya, Egypt, Afghanistan, Yemen, and elsewhere. Again, there seems to be no coordinated counterattack against ISIS. Indeed, when the Iraqi government announced this week that it had started the battle to retake Mosul, the second largest city in Iraq, an American military commander said that this was not true and that Iraq lacked the capability for such a battle. There is a desultory air campaign against ISIS, but it is more of a public relations effort than an attempt to change the military equation.
3. Our president responded to the ISIS attacks by making things worse. He didn't even bother to issue a statement after the bombing in Brussels, but waited until he gave a speech the next day. Then he devoted less than a minute to the attack, spoke about Cuba and hurried off to a baseball game. At the game he answered a question for ESPN about the attack, but then busied himself doing the wave with Raul Castro. Then it was on to Buenos Aires where Obama again ignored ISIS. It seems that the main point of the trip was so that Obama could dance the tango with a local dancer. Now he and the family are sightseeing in Patagonia. Oh, Obama did say that his strategy for dealing with ISIS is working, but one has to wonder what the goal of that strategy is: to lose?
4. The candidates to replace Obama are a sorry bunch. On the one hand we have Hillary Clinton who two thirds of the public does not call honest. On the other hand we have Donald Trump who two thirds of the public does not call honest. Hillary campaigns by hiding from indictment for violations of the Espionage Act. Just today more of Hillary's "lost" emails were "discovered". It's been more than a year since the whole email controversy was uncovered but now, NOW, more emails are "discovered"? Really? Trump campaigns by sending out pictures of Ted Cruz's wife. Now his supporters are starting a campaign on Twitter accusing Cruz of being unfaithful to his wife. Nothing like a serious discussion of the issues, right?
5. The forces of totalitarianism are on the march across America. Free speech is under assault at universities. The idea of academic freedom is gone; people are now free only to agree with the latest positions of the leftist mob in control on campus. No one seems to be standing up to this mob.
All in all, it's not such a good Friday.
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