With the danger of being wiped out, and we have the capacity to do something about it, we will take action. That is our responsibility as americans. Thats a hallmark of american leadership. Thats who we are. Welcome to the journal editorial report. Im in this week for paul gigot. That was president obama thursday night announcing he has authorized air strikes in iraq against the terror group isis as well as humanitarian aid to help save some 40,000 iraqi civilians trapped on a mountain without food or water and facing almost certain death. The announcement comes as the islamic extremists make dramatic gain in Northern Iraq threatening the kurdish capital of erbil. Will the actions the United States is prepared to take be enough to divert a humanitarian and strategic disaster . Lets ask. Wall street journal columnist dan henninger, Brett Stevens and matt kaminski. Dan, to you first, too little too late from the president . Well, you know, stuart, recall back in april the president gave
Pushed out by president obama. In a move that further consolidates National Security decisionmaking in the white house. And raises questions about the direction of the administrations Foreign Policy last two years. For more im join by wall street journal columnist Dan Henninger, Brett Stevens and Editorial Board member matt kaminski. Whats fascinating here, many on the right and left in talking about the hagel resignation, base he canally say the problem with obamas Foreign Policy isnt hagel, wasnt hagel, its in the white house. The thing is chuck hagel is a nonenty as a chief at the pentagon. He started out very badly at his confirmation hearings, could never articulate the policy and then after he was thrown over the white house spun he was really not up to the job, they picked him for the job in the first place. But he was not the problem with the Foreign Policy you say hes a nonentity. Thats the white house spin. But is that fair or was the real problem the fact that the white hous
0 your goods. paul: some evidence that snowden may have been working with other people before he took the job as a consultant with booz allen and had access to fees files. he apparently working with glenn greenwaltd before he took the job. do we know everything about this story? there is a lot more to come. idea that one guy could have pulled this off. he had help in hong kong. he had safe houses there. regardless of how the president wants to characterize it. the f.b.i. and national intelligence has to chase this guy and pursue this story until we get him back. paul: this is not a. this is not a case of a whistleblower, this a guy that wanted to leak information. paul: how could he have a access to this stuff? when we come back, a big week for supreme court that dramatically shifts the debate on race in america. is this the end of racial preference? throughout our live. one a day women s 50+ is a complete multivitamin designed for women s health concerns as we age. it has 7