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March 28, 2016

President Obama’s Misguided Praise for the Israeli Approach to Terror

Israeli “resilience” involves actually fighting terror.

In the wake of last week’s Islamic State (IS) attack in Brussels, the president called on American to exhibit “resilience” and “strength” in the face of terror, and went on to set an example, in his own judgment, by attending a baseball game in Havana with Raul Castro. Matthew Continetti notes a previous comment by Obama favorably comparing Israelis’ fortitude in the face of terrorism to Americans’ “panic”:

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