The Foley murder and the president

 Syrian rebels from the town of Kafranbel honor James Foley and slam Obama.

 

"Less than six minutes.  That’s all the time Barack Obama has for an American who died in the middle of a desert because a disgusting, barbaric animal sawed off his head with a knife.

"Tee time!"   From Victory Girls

Islamic State beheads American journalist    ... " No doubt there will be many earnest statements of shock and horror at the tactics and actions of IS. But when it comes down to the nuts and bolts of destroying them, nothing will be done. We're much too civilized to destroy what has now become a nation state, a terrorist enclave in our midst. That may be our undoing in the end.  Rick Moran

Wayne Dupree has a lot to say to Mr. Obama   Language advisory

Obama Is Wired All the Wrong Way    ... "That is, I think, the operative question. I dearly hope Mr. Obama will do what’s necessary, and go as far as he needs to, given the stakes involved. I will admit I’m quite skeptical. That skepticism is based on the entire arc of the Obama presidency, which is itself the manifestation of Mr. Obama’s deepest convictions. All of his training and education, all his political and moral reflexes, all his actions as president, indicate he won’t do what is needed at this moment in time. He is simply not up to the challenge." 
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"We’re asking him to do what I don’t think he is emotionally able to do. He’s wired all the wrong way.
"I hope I’m proved wrong. I rather doubt I will be."   Peter Wehner
 

 

Obama heads back to vacation after unexplained DC trip      "President Obama went back to his vacation on Martha’s Vineyard Tuesday evening after spending less than 48 hours in Washington, leaving people puzzled over why he came back in the first place.

Krauthammer’s Take: News of Attempted Foley Rescue a ‘Political Reaction to Horrific Event’
  

... “ 'The other way you could interpret this,” offered Krauthammer, “is to say, it is a message to the bad guys that we tried, we didn’t succeed, but we’re coming after you.” But this would hardly be effective, the panelist argued. “The major response, and the proper response — the one ISIS would worry about the most — is not a rescue mission, it’s the continuation of the air strikes. So it’s encouraging that we redoubled the air strikes today.' ”