Also featured in the last Morning Jolt of the week:
The American Presidency in 2015: Speak Loudly and Carry a Selfie Stick
I suppose we should be thankful the president wasn’t wearing green lipstick during his wacky video for BuzzFeed.
“Islamic State insurgents took control on Thursday of most of the western Iraqi town of al-Baghdadi, threatening an air base where U.S. Marines are training Iraqi troops.”
Islamists affiliated with al-Qaeda just took over a military base in Yemen.
Daily Beast: “White House Stalled ISIS Rescue. Foley, Sotloff, and Mueller Died.”
Samantha Power, the American ambassador to the United Nations, discussing the Islamic State: “There has to be a fight on the ground. You can’t do this by air. Everybody acknowledges that.”
“The evacuation of American diplomats, soldiers and even CIA operatives from Yemen is stirring deep concerns that the U.S. is losing a vital foothold in territory that the most notorious Al Qaeda affiliate calls home.”
It’s not a silly time. But we have a silly president.