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Ken Shivar: Obama’s fiddling

President Obama called the recent terror attacks in Paris “a setback” in the war on terror but assured the world that his plan is working. I beg to differ.

The French and Russians are now joining forces to combat ISIS while we watch.

Make no mistake about it: If ISIS is not destroyed, it will strike here just as it did in Paris.

Nero supposedly fiddled as Rome burned. Obama fiddles as the world burns.

Ken Shivar

Raleigh

This story was originally published December 5, 2015 at 1:00 PM with the headline "Ken Shivar: Obama’s fiddling."

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