combat

Gates, Obama’s Defense Sec, Upbraids Him Over ‘Combat Mission’

Friday, May 20, 2016 at 7:06 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

I have been venting exasperation with President Obama’s Bush-Lite war on terrorism almost from day one of his presidency – as such commentaries as “Obama Saluting War Dead Will Be Defining Image of His Presidency,” October 30, 2009, and “Demystifying ISIS: Case against Obama’s Bush-Lite War on Terrorism,” September 10, 2014, attest. I have been particularly… Read more.

Why Isn’t Combat against ISIS Combat? Er, Because Obama Says So…?

Friday, November 6, 2015 at 8:11 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

President Obama is channeling President Nixon with his justification for deploying Special Forces to help combat ISIS. Of course, Nixon justified deploying the FBI and other intelligence agencies to illegally wiretap, entrap, and otherwise undermine anti-Vietnam protesters as follows: Well, when the president does it that means that it is not illegal. (“Nixon-Frost Interview,” New… Read more.