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Can Syria save Obama’s legacy?

For those of us who generally admire President Obama as a man of principle, it is wrenching to watch his paralysis. As I see it, Syria has been his worst…

Obama’s Legacy

Obama’s legacy

William Shakespeare, in his moving epic tragedy Julius Ceasar declared, “The evil that men do lives after them; the good is often interred with their bones”. As President Barack Hussain…

Obama And War

Obama and war

Barack Obama has now been at war longer than any president in United States history, as the New York Times pointed out recently. Barring some sort of peace miracle in…

Send Obama To Gitmo

Send Obama to Gitmo

President Obama should be given props for the progress made in thawing US-Cuban relations, but there’s a piece of unfinished business that he could – and should – still attend…

Obama In Havana

Obama in Havana

Barack Obama hadn’t yet been born when, 55 years ago next month, his nation’s government mounted an attempt to invade Cuba barely two years after guerillas under the command of…

US Army To Stay In Afghanistan Till 2017: Obama

US army to stay in Afghanistan till 2017: Obama

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Thursday announced maintaining the current level of US forces in Afghanistan till 2017 and leaving at least half of the troops after that while running…

Obama’s Gitmo Talk

Obama’s Gitmo talk

After repeatedly delaying its plan to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, the Obama administration has finally released a nine-page strategy to the US Congress on how it intends to…

Obama’s Response To The Refugee Crisis

Obama’s response to the refugee crisis

   One drowned toddler has shifted global politics. The picture demanded action in response to the largest migration crisis since World War II, itself caused by the longest series of…

Obama’s Double Standards?

Obama’s double standards?

Seven years of leading America – and to a large extent the world – from the White House may have sobered Barack Obama but his tone has hardly changed. The…

Obama’s Omission

Obama’s omission

One in 3.5 million: That’s your annual risk of dying from a terrorist attack in the United States, at least according to Cato analyst John Mueller. Rounded generously, that comes…