The liberal media were never that powerful, and the whole thing was often used as an excuse by conservatives for conservative failures.

That's always been the case in America; there's been a big spectrum in how much people are interested in American politics.

First of all, legally, it's hard to do these things[ get rid of ObamaCare]. Donald Trump needs a lot of competent people.

Patriotism is an indispensable weapon in the defense of civilization against barbarism.

If terror groups are to be defeated, it is national governments that will have to do so. In nations like India, governments will have to call on the patriotism of citizens to fight the terrorists. In a nation like Pakistan, the government will have to be persuaded to deal with those in their midst who are complicit.

Iraq's always been very secular.

In any case, decisions on troop levels in the American system of government are not made by any general or set of generals but by the civilian leadership of the war effort.