THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION continues to inspire confidence by staying closely on top of ongoing developments in the expanding wars of the Middle East, as these two news stories prove: “FOR MONTHS, Islamic State militants rampaged across Syria and Iraq, seizing cities, taking hostages and terrorizing all who dared to confront them. The tide began to turn in mid-August, when U.S. airstrikes pushed them from key Iraqi battlegrounds... ‘Certainly since the bombing campaign, the reverses, theyre no longer boasting of taking places — because theyre not taking places. Theyre losing places,’ Alberto Fernandez, who heads the State Departments office for counterterrorism propaganda, said in a recent interview.” — Associated Press report, October 4 nytimes/aponline/2014/10/04/us/politics/ap-us-islamic-state-beheadings-as-a-tactic.html “MILITANTS from the Islamic State group on Sunday publicly killed six Iraqi soldiers captured in an embattled western province where the extremists continue to advance despite an expanding U.S.-led campaign of airstrikes, residents said... The killings took place in the town of Hit, about 140 kilometers (85 miles) west of the capital, Baghdad... The fall of Hit was the latest victory by the Islamic State group as it battles the Iraqi military in western Anbar province.” — Associated Press report, October 5 nytimes/aponline/2014/10/05/world/middleeast/ap-ml-iraq.html IN RELATED NEWS, Barack and Michele Obama enjoyed a “date night” on Saturday, October 4 (see above article), as the two celebrated their wedding anniversary a day late. Why a day late?, you might well arsk. Well, because “Obama and his wife traveled separately on Friday, prompting a delayed date night.” One was attending a partisan political gathering in Massachusetts, you see, while the other was at a partisan political gathering in Indiana. So they’ve got *their* priorities straight on how to govern America! But not to worry about our President’s stress level, the Associated Press reports: “Before their date, the president spent four hours playing golf at Andrews Air Force Base.” nytimes/aponline/2014/10/04/us/politics/ap-us-obamas-anniversary.html
Posted on: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 02:10:00 +0000
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