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Illustration on Rand Paul's thoughts on foreign policy by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

MERRY: Rand Paul’s coherent foreign policy

By Robert W. Merry

President Obama, National Security Adviser Susan Rice and Secretary of State John Kerry at the United Nations on Thursday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

O’DONNELL: Show Obama some lovin’ but don’t over do it

By Christine O’Donnell

In this Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014 photo released by the U.S. Air Force, a formation of U.S. Navy F-18E Super Hornets leaves after receiving fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker over northern Iraq, as part of U.S. led coalition airstrikes on the Islamic State group and other targets in Syria. U.S.-led airstrikes targeted Syrian oil installations held by the militant Islamic State group overnight and early Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014, killing nearly 20 people as the militants released dozens of detainees in their de facto capital, fearing further raids, activists said. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, Staff Sgt. Shawn Nickel)

US-led strikes hit IS-held oil sites in Syria for second day

By Ryan Lucas - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Arming Syrian Sunni ‘moderates’ is a mistake

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

President Obama, flanked by Secretary of State John Kerry and National Security Adviser Susan Rice, speaks during his meeting with the representatives of Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, United Arab Emirates and Iraq in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Feds name 11 backers of terrorist organizations

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Muhsin al-Fadhli (U.S. State Department)

U.S. believes Khorasan terror leader Mohsin al-Fadhli killed in airstrikes

By Douglas Ernst and Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

LED IN: United States President Barack Obama, speaks during the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) (Associated Press)

Obama’s U.N. speech urges unity in facing Islamic State, Russia

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE- In this file image provided by the U.S. Navy on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, the guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) launches a Tomahawk cruise missile as seen from the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush. Arab countries&#8217; prominent role in initial airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Syria shatters the notion of what a typical American-led military operation looks like and won the Mideast allies praise from U.S. President Barack Obama for their willingness to stand &#8220;shoulder-to-shoulder" with the United States. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Eric Garst, File)

U.S.’s newest airstrikes target Syrian oil fields

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

U.S. President Barack Obama addresses the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. Obama told the United Nations amid a U.S.-led bombing campaign against Islamic State militants that he will build a coalition to "dismantle this network of death." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama sells Islamic State strikes to United Nations

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Obama shakes hands with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi following their bilateral meeting at U.N. headquarters, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

HUMPHRIES: An open question for moderate Muslims about the IS

By Rusty Humphries

Al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front militants in Syria, where Husan Dughman fears a familiar pattern: "removal of a hated regime, followed by descent into chaos" and final victory by extremists. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN, File)

Deja vu in Syria: revolt, chaos, extremist rule?

By Husam Dughman

Illustration on Obama's telegraphing strategy in the war against ISIS by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

CROWLEY: The Nobel Peace Prize winner returns to a familiar war

By Monica Crowley - The Washington Times

In this image provided by the U.S. Navy a F/A-18F Super Hornet attached to the Fighting Black Lions of Strike Fighter Squadron lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush in the Persian Gulf on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, after conducting strike missions against Islamic State group targets in Syria. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Brian Stephens)

U.S. airstrikes on Islamic State and Khorasan Group insufficient, critics say

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

The United Nations Security Council votes to unanimously adopt a draft resolution regarding the threat of foreign terrorist fighters during the 69th session of the U.N. General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

U.N. to crack down on terrorist travel

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks about the participation of five Arab nations in airstrikes against militants in Syria., Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, on the South Lawn the White House, in Washington, before heading to the United Nations. The president said the participation of five Arab nations in airstrikes against militants in Syria &quot;makes it clear to the world this is not America's fight alone.&quot; (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama to address U.N. amid new Mideast strikes

By Julie Pace - Associated Press

In this Aug. 10, 2014, photo, an aircraft for missions targeting the Islamic State group in Iraq lands at the USS George H.W. Bush in the Persian Gulf. Combined U.S.-Arab airstrikes at the heart of the Islamic State group's military strongholds in Syria achieved their strategic aim of showing the extremists that their savage attacks will not go unanswered, the top American military officer said Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

Inside the Beltway: Wary Democrats reconsider their new war hawk President

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

In this Wednesday, July 16, 2014, file photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syria's President Bashar Assad waves to his supporters upon his arrival to the presidential palace to take the oath of office for his third seven-year term in Damascus, Syria. (AP Photo/SANA, File)

Calls grow for U.S. to take out Assad, along with Islamic State

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this photo released by the U.S. Navy, the guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea launches a Tomahawk cruise missile at Islamic State group positions in Syria as seen from the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush on the Arabian Gulf on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014. Syria said Tuesday that Washington informed President Bashar Assad's government of imminent U.S. airstrikes against the Islamic State group, hours before an American-led military coalition pounded the extremists' strongholds across northern and eastern Syria.(AP Photo/Eric Garst, U.S. Navy)

U.S. conducted secret strike in Syria away from Arab allied support

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times