French leader Hollande takes the bait from Daesh, overreacts with Sunday airstrike and 3-month state of emergency, as Obama shows restraint….
To offset the hotheads calling for vengeance, here are 4 important commentaries:
--Peter van Buren, 20-year veteran of the State Department, click here
--Harleen Gambhir in the Washington Post
--Andrew Bacevich in the Boston Globe
--Robert Parry says Obama should be honest with the American people
--at G-20 summit in Turkey, Obama and Putin huddle, agree on “Syrian-led, Syrian-owned” transition
--in Vienna, with no Syrians present, John Kerry incoherently calls for cease-fire, except against Daesh
--Obama strongly rejects GOP calls to block all refugees from US who aren’t Christian
--Anonymous declares cyberwar on Daesh
--Democratic debate in Iowa won by Clinton, but she went Giuliani on us with comment that Wall Street gives her big bucks because of 9/11
--5 Yemenis were released from Guantanamo, sent to UAE
--Oakland man becomes 1,000th American killed by police this year
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