Cable television is flush with chatter about a potential terrorist threat from ISIS. But put down the remote for a moment and consider this: Contrary to what many in the news are saying, ISIS is not an international terrorist organization…
Month: September 2014
Does ISIS Threaten the United States? – The First of a Series
The last few months have seen a lot of media chatter about ISIS, the Salafist Muslim extremist group that has taken over large portions of Iraq and Syria. Since ISIS beheaded two American journalists a few weeks ago, the volume…
Quick Take: The Problem With Going After ISIS
U.S. v. ISIS w/boots on the ground = a possible repeat of Bush’s war, and for many of the same reasons that war transpired the way it did. U.S. v. ISIS w/o boots on the ground = a possible repeat…
A Few Foreign Policy Questions Every Candidate Should Answer
Americans will go to the polls in a matter of weeks. Every Congressional candidate this fall and every 2016 presidential hopeful should be asked the following questions: What would you do if Russia annexed, whether practically or in fact, additional…