President Barak Obama addressed the nation from the Oval Office tonight, and since then several bestselling authors have taken to social media to share their thoughts on the speech.
Inexcusably, there was nothing new in the President’s speech. He’s losing the war w/ISIS & does not know how to win. https://t.co/aiQUlJeDy3
— Joel C. Rosenberg (@JoelCRosenberg) December 7, 2015
The President refuses to put enough boots on the ground, or arm the Kurds, or do everything necessary to defeat ISIS https://t.co/FFqB9NJIPT
— Joel C. Rosenberg (@JoelCRosenberg) December 7, 2015
Brad Thor, in reference to the president’s suggestion that nobody on the No Fly List should be allowed to purchase a firearm, tweeted the following:
For starters, @ron_fournier, plane travel isn’t protected in the founding documents, nor are stupid government lists https://t.co/933KmuVSjv
— Brad Thor (@BradThor) December 7, 2015
Love it. Let’s play. How many Federal employees are on your beloved no fly list? https://t.co/9BLvYnPRza
— Brad Thor (@BradThor) December 7, 2015
Hey Jackass, this is the same stupid list that includes 70+ @DHSgov employees, Ted Kennedy and @stephenfhayeshttps://t.co/tQUenW7xqB
— Brad Thor (@BradThor) December 7, 2015
Thor even tweeted a poll to his followers, which you can vote in:
Poll: In the war on terror, Barack Obama is:
— Brad Thor (@BradThor) December 7, 2015
Dalton Fury, a former Delta Force operator and current bestselling author of the Kolt Raynor series, tweeted the following:
The Latest: Obama misspoke about Malik’s visa https://t.co/0phhFbbBqU Who in the heck advises this guy and fact checks his speeches??
— Dalton Fury Ops (@DaltonFuryBooks) December 7, 2015
Brad Taylor, also a former Delta operator, is the biggest name in the military thriller genre today. While he didn’t address the president’s remarks directly, he did post a link to a blog post he wrote about an op-ed the New York Times published on the topic of gun control. Read his tweet below, and click the link for to check out his fiery post!
NYT put out an op-ed on pg 1. Topic ISIS? Of course not. An emotional appeal for gun control that is short on facts. https://t.co/dDTXOx6FxW
— Brad Taylor (@bradtaylorbooks) December 7, 2015
Former Marine and debut author of the 2016 novel Overwatch, Mathew Betley, re-tweeted Fox News contributor Stephen Hayes, who said the following: “Not surprising, but stunning in a way: POTUS seems to be giving a speech announcing no real change of strategy against ISIS”
Betley added the following:
EXACTLY what I just told my wife… We’re screwed. No change. Back to business as usual…until the next attack. https://t.co/Jg3EkOm7Sq
— Matthew Betley (@MatthewBetley) December 7, 2015
Just after Obama finished his speech, author Dale Brown posted the following to both his Twitter and Facebook accounts:
You can hear the terrorists in Syria cheering during Obama’s speech: “YAY! Obama is not going to send the U.S. Army to the Middle East!”
— Dale Brown (@AuthorDaleBrown) December 7, 2015
EXCLUSIVE
In a Book Spy Exclusive, Joshua Hood – a decorated combat veteran with the 82nd Airborne, current full-time SWAT team member in Tennessee and author of Clear by Fire – offered his expert analysis and response to Obama’s remarks by saying the following:
I think that Obama, like many of the talking heads, has once again missed the boat. America has pissed away its strengths and traded sound policy for half truths and rhetoric.
The concept that ISIL is a bunch of of Jayvee dead-enders is exactly what was said about the insurgency in Iraq. America cannot continue discounting the enemy’s skills and effectiveness. Our current mindset is one where we are smarter than our enemy, and this is not true.
The perfect example of this is David Petraeus. His COIN strategy has destroyed the American fighting spirit and led to the problems we are having in Iraq, Syria and here.
America’s invasion of Iraq caused an evolution in radical Islam and we have become complacent.
In the end, it was Brad Thor who had the tweet that seemed to sum up the general overall feeling from the top thriller authors in the game today:
#NothingBurger w/ cheese + lots and lots of useless liberal lettuce. pic.twitter.com/UTSUj2xSES
— Brad Thor (@BradThor) December 7, 2015