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Blame Obama, Not Bush, for Today's Bloodbath in Iraq

By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, August 14 2014

The Obama Doctrine in Iraq has proven undeniably disastrous, threatening to permanently snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. After inheriting a stabilizing Iraq in the aftermath of a Bush Administration troop surge (which Obama claimed in 2007 couldn't succeed), Obama's decisions have resulted in today's ghoulish genocide and deepening chaos. Per habit, therefore, he now reverts to scapegoating others and pleading that he's little more than a helpless bystander to inconvenient world events. This from a man who in 2011 practically claimed to have fired the shot that felled…

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Obama’s Own Watchdogs Say Administration Violates the Law

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If Bush's $4 Trillion Debt Was "Unpatriotic," What Is Obama's $7 Trillion?

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Senator Sessions: Every Citizen Must Demand To Know Where Their Senator Stands On President's Planned Executive Amnesty

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ObamaCare Sparks Fight Among California's Central Planners

	Federalism and the free market don't always go together, especially not in a Nanny-state like California.…
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Obama Administration Questions Others' Patriotism While Obstructing Bipartisan Corporate Tax Reform

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	A political operative friend of mine recently posed a question that’s arresting in its implications:…
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Senator McConnell: Protecting Free Speech Means Standing Up For It No Matter What

	This article originally appeared in the Washington Examiner on July 24, 2014. One of the glories of…
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