Why Get Involved in Iraq, but Not Syria? It's Complicated, Obama Says Townhall.com Staff | Posted: Aug 12, 2014 4:56 PM Share Tweet President Obama has gotten defensive over his decision to conduct airstrikes in Iraq and provide weapons to allied factions there but not in Syria. Read more at WashingtonExaminer.com RSS - politics SHOW COMMENTS Liberal Late Night Hosts Give Unwanted Advice on Guns Sarah Arnold Oh, Good...Now We Have Teachers Asking Students How Comfortable They Are About Graphic Sex Acts Matt Vespa Take This Poll Claiming Americans Prefer Democrats to Republicans on Abortion Issue with a Grain of Salt Rebecca Downs More Heartbreak: Husband of Teacher Killed in Uvalde School Shooting Suffers Fatal Heart Attack Matt Vespa With That Speech, Joe Biden Has Totally Given Up on a Key 2020 Promise Matt Vespa WH Denies Biden Is Talking About the Second Amendment One Day After He Said It 'Is Not Absolute' Spencer Brown CARTOONS | AF Branco View Cartoon Most Popular Could This Be the Reason Why Police Reportedly Didn’t Enter Texas School to Confront the Shooter? Leftists Are About to Kill Millions of People Right Before Our Eyes Bill Barr Explains the 'Only Thing' That Will Prevent School Shootings