Saturday, May 25, 2013

President Obama’s Speech on Counterterrorism Strategy at National Defense University.

President Obama Speaks on the U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy. Video. WhiteHouse.gov, May 23, 2013. YouTube. Transcript at the New York Times.

Barack Obama on the 9/11 attacks. Hyde Park Herald, September 19, 2001. Also find it here and here.

Obama’s 9/11/2001 Reaction Repeated in UN Speech. By Joel Pollak. Breitbart, September 25, 2012.

The President’s Speech. By Walter Russell Mead. Via Meadia, May 25, 2013.

Rhetorical vs. Substantive Change in Obama’s Security Policy. By Max Boot. Commentary, May 23, 2013.

O “ends” terror war. By John Podhoretz. New York Post, May 23, 2013.

Obama Can’t Have It Both Ways on Terror. By Jonathan S. Tobin. Commentary, May 24, 2013.

Ralph Peters Blasts Obama’s Counterterrorism Speech. Video. America Live with Megyn Kelly. Fox News, May 24, 2013.

Obama’s Cynical War Speech. By Andrew C. McCarthy. National Review Online, May 25, 2013.

Obama’s Speech: Hamlet as Wartime Leader. By Bing West. National Review Online, May 23, 2013.

The War Professor; Authorize This. By Rosa Brooks. Foreign Policy, May 23, 2013. Brooks is one of the legalist left that Mead says Obama targeted his speech at.





Peter King Defends Drone Program, Rejects Obama’s “Moral Anguish.” By Daniel Foster. National Review Online, May 26, 2013.

Obama’s Speech: No More Drone Strikes? By John Yoo. National Review Online, May 23, 2013.

Why Gitmo Was Not Closed from the Get-Go. By James M. Wall [anti-Semite]. Wallwritings, May 24, 2013.

Not Doing “Whatever It Takes.” By Jim Talent. National Review Online, May 24, 2013.

Lindsey Graham: “I’ve Never Been More Worried About Nat’l Security.” Video. Fox News Sunday, May 26, 2013.

Obama Bows to the Islamic Street. By James Traub. Foreign Policy, May 24, 2013.

Obama’s Artful Anguish. By Ross Douthat. New York Times, May 25, 2013.

Fox News Sunday Panel on Terrorism, May 26, 2013. Hulu. Transcript.




Aaron Klein Podcast, May 26, 2013. News Talk Radio 77 WABC. Includes critique of Obama speech.

Obama Believes Terror Threat Reduced to Pre-9/11 Level. By Robert Burns. AP. Breitbart, May 25, 2013.

Homeland Security Committee Chair Michael McCaul: Obama Wants to Take U.S. Back to Pre-9/11 Preparedness. Video. Breitbart, May 26, 2013.

Bush’s war on terror is over. By Peter Bergen. CNN, May 26, 2013.

Back from perpetual war. The Irish Times, May 27, 2013.

The Other War on Terror. By Jane Harman. Foreign Policy, May 24, 2013.

Realism and Fantasy at the NDU. National Review Online, May 27, 2013.

In Terror Shift, Obama Took a Long Path. By Peter Baker. New York Times, May 27, 2013.

What Hasn’t Changed in the War on Terror. By Gerald F. Seib. Wall Street Journal, May 27, 2013.

The Retreat Doctrine. By Bret Stephens. Wall Street Journal, May 27, 2013. Also find it here. Video.




President Obama Declares Defeat in Global War on Terror. By John Bolton. The Daily Beast, May 28, 2013.

Our Ambivalent Commander-in-Chief. By Max Boot. Commentary, May 28, 2013.

Obama, Drones, and the Need for Transparency and Oversight. Winning Progressive, May 29, 2013.