Tag: ISIS
Wiretap: A deadly ambush in Iraq?
It looks as if the Americanization of the fighting in Iraq, and possibly in Syria, is beginning in earnest. The United States is putting together a broad coalition of allies and will begin bombing in Northern Iraq, the New York Times writes.
More Klingenschmitt (because we know the people demand it)
According to the Colorado Springs Gazette, Gordon Klingenschmitt's Democratic opponent in the House District 15 race, Lois Fornander, is demanding Klingenschmitt withdraw after his...
Wiretap: The costs of war
Nearly everyone seems to agree that the threat of the Islamic State is as real as its brutality. But Brian Fishman writes that if...
Littwin: Cruelty, shock escalate stakes in Iraq
NOW we know what could go wrong in Iraq. What could go horribly, horribly wrong.
The beheading of journalist Jim Foley by the Islamic State...
Wiretap: McConnell promises showdown redux
As Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell fights in Kentucky to keep his Senate seat, he lays out for Politico his plans if Republicans win the Senate. Strangely, it’s pretty much what Democrats say he would do if Republicans win the Senate.
Wiretap: Finding meaning in a life
Max Fisher writes for Vox.com that many people will try to find meaning in James Foley’s unspeakable death at the hands of ISIS. Fisher says, instead, that we should take our meaning from his life.
Wiretap: Same faith, separate worries in Ferguson
Two churches in St. Louis County -- one near the site where Michael Brown was shot and killed, one near the home of the police officer who shot and killed him -- look at the post-shooting world in very different ways.
Littwin: We’re bombing, again. What could go wrong?
AS we begin dropping bombs in Iraq once again, the one thing we don't ask ourselves is this: What could go wrong?
Where to begin?
In...
Wiretap: The politics of chaos, Iraq version
With Iraq in chaos, the administration worries about getting the U.S. too involved in the battle against ISIS.
Wiretap: Hard questions loom over Iraq bombing
Barack Obama made the hard call in Iraq, but he didn't answer the hardest questions. As John Cassidy asks in the New Yorker, "Once...