President Obama's War . . . er, Speech   

Paul Jacob | Sep 14, 2014 The words “strategy” and “speech” both begin with the letter “s.” Usually, that’s where their  similarities end.Yet, President Obama’s so-called strategy for defeating ISIS or ISIL or the Islamic State (shouldn’t we all agree on a single name for these cutthroats?) seems to consist in little more than the giving of a speech. And that’s done, delivered Wednesday from the Oval Office. The general tenor of the address appeared allthat mattered to its presenter: it sounded sufficiently engaged in foreign policy, and it echoed popular sentiment that the brutal beheadings of American journalists is a bad, bad thing.        Yup. Mission accomplished. The oration to the nation might even rescue Obama’s rapidly dropping public approval ratings.  View Full Article