The Battle Within Islam and President Obama

December 16, 2015 · Terrorism, Blog, Derek Harvey

President Obama needs to accept that our current conflict is as much against the idea of radical jihadism as it is against the physical presence of ISIS. Furthermore, by failing to define the religious-political ideology underpinning the enemy, the president contributes to an environment where all…

Obama and Hillary, Not Jeb, Responsible for Iraq Today

August 15, 2015 · National Security, Iraq, 2016 Elections

Jeb Bush delivered a thoughtful and clear-eyed speech on Tuesday about the threat posed by ISIS and radical Islamic terrorism. It was a forward-looking speech that offered a compelling strategy to deal with this growing threat (something we haven’t heard from Hillary Clinton).

Obama's ISIS Strategy Empowers Iran

March 3, 2015 · Iraq, ISIS, Blog

The Obama Administration’s defacto anti-ISIS partnership with Tehran is helping Iran’s Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimeni and Ayatollah Khamenei “Finlandize” Iraq. Not only does this damage U.S. interests in sustaining an independent and sovereign Iraq, but the Obama Administration’s apparent…