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Associated PressSeptember 26, 2016

A claim from the presidential debate and how it stacks up with the facts: TRUMP: “Wrong. Wrong,” he said when Clinton pointed out that he supported the Iraq war. Trump later returned to the issue when asked about it by moderator Lester Holt. “I did not support the war in Iraq,” he said. “That is […]

Jac VerSteegJuly 1, 2016

My eyeballs are still scorched from reading Tom Jackson’s column “No moving on from Benghazi horror.” I’m on the left and he’s on the right, but I love an opinion piece that pulls no punches. Jackson’s premise in the piece, which appeared in FloridaPolitics.com, is that, “The Obama administration failed at every step of the […]

Associated PressJune 20, 2016

Orlando gunman Omar Mateen spoke in Arabic to a 911 dispatcher, identified himself an Islamic soldier and demanded to a crisis negotiator that the U.S. “stop bombing Syria and Iraq,” according to transcripts released by the FBI on Monday. The partial, printed transcripts were of three conversations Mateen had with the police during the worst […]

Mitch PerryJune 15, 2016

GOP Senate candidate Todd Wilcox says his campaign strategy won’t change a bit if Marco Rubio enters the contest for the seat he gave up over a year ago to run for president. “There’s currently a contrast between me and all the other candidates in this crowded field, and that contrast is as stark between me and them as it will […]

Scott PowersMay 20, 2016

If companies want to know who to trust to do business in civil-war-torn Ukraine, they might contact Maitland-based Strategic Risk Management LLC for privately researched background intelligence reports. Companies that need to move goods through the dicier parts of Afghanistan might call on Winter Park-based Innovative Logistics LLC to handle the planes, warehouses, trucks and security. And if the […]

Guest AuthorApril 4, 2016

Did you hear recently that a significant number of U.S. troops will soon be heading back to Iraq? The subdued announcement came on the heels of yet another major terror attack in Europe. First Paris, now Brussels, have illustrated the vulnerability of the West to attacks by Islamic extremists. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs […]

Melissa RossFebruary 9, 2016

The FSU chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) says it’s hosting an event where students can smash Donald Trump piñatas “in protest of the racism and hatred shown in his presidential campaign.” “The policies of Trump that will be protested include: militarizing and building a wall on the US-Mexico border, banning Muslims from […]

Jac VerSteegFebruary 7, 2016

What do Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush and some Florida lawmakers have in common? They’ve all said some pretty disturbing things recently about the use of military power. Hmmm. I guess I also should add Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio to the list. Start with Jeb. By now you’ve probably seen his latest cringe-worthy […]

Julie DelegalNovember 17, 2015

Nine-eleven. Eleven-thirteen. These are days we’ll remember. Friday’s psychotic mass killings in Paris shook the Western world. The president of the United States has spoken. Where we might have been interested before, where we might have been engaged, we are now invested. My young friends tell me that we’re less outraged by the murders of […]

Jac VerSteegNovember 17, 2015

Prepare for disaster. I’m not saying America can’t win the war against Islamic extremism – embodied at this point in history by the Islamic State. But war is not a series of inspiring victories. War is a series of dispiriting calamities. Think Black Hawk down in Somalia. Think the USS Stark off the coast of […]

Tag: Iraq

Fact check: Donald Trump on Iraq War

Jac VerSteeg: Boots on the ground lead to bodies on the ground

911 transcript: Orlando gunman said he was Islamic soldier

Todd Wilcox kicks off his ‘Preserving Peace through Strength’ statewide tour in Tampa

Todd Wilcox brings ground-level view of foreign affairs to U.S. Senate race

Steve Kurlander: We need to bring back TR’s big stick

Email insights: FSU’s SDS chapter plans Donald Trump Piñata Bash

Jac Wilder VerSteeg: Hold your applause for Jeb Bush, Hillary Clinton

Julie Delegal: Is luxury of peace now yielding to horror of war?

Jac VerSteeg: To win war against ISIS, prepare for disaster