From Robert Tracinski: In the State of the Union, Obama declared, “We can’t put the security of families at risk by taking away their health insurance.” Doesn’t he realize that he just did that to millions of people, after promising them they could keep their plans? But the gap between reality and the president’s universe is widest when it comes to foreign policy. He declared the other night that “we stand united with people around the world who’ve been targeted by terrorists — from a school in Pakistan to the streets of Paris.” But of course, he was conspicuously absent from the streets of Paris, only belatedly sending John Kerry and his crack folk-song brigade. In the real world, Shiite rebels aligned with Iran just overthrew the government of Yemen, a big blow to our anti-terrorism strategy in the Middle East. Obama’s speech did not mention Yemen. At all. Earlier this year, Obama cited our policy in Yemen as a model for our approach to fighting ISIS. That’s an ominous comparison. While Obama confidently declares that we have “stopped” ISIS, it has doubled its territory since he announced the beginning of airstrikes against it in August. https://youtube/watch?v=W02bWSmiXvA
Posted on: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 22:53:58 +0000
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