Guest:Ed Henry
"Talking like a college professor, President Obama today outlined the problems Iraq faces because different Muslim sects can not get along. His analysis was long on detail, short on solutions. Even though the Pentagon recommends bombing the Al Qaeda army, Mr. Obama says he will not bomb the terrorists. Instead, he's sending in about 300 military advisers and asking for international help. So once again, the president seeks consensus from other countries rather than charting a direct course. There are two things in play. First, what's happening inside Iraq, which few people care about. Those people have been killing each other for centuries and are not likely to stop any time soon, so let's stay out of Iraqi politics. The second issue is very important to America. We defeated terrorism there at great cost, but now terrorism is back. We can not defeat it again on the ground, but we can damage it from the air. President Obama dissents, but why? All I could glean from his remarks is that he feels military action will lead to unintended consequences. Remember, he wouldn't pull the trigger in Syria on the poison gas deal and is generally very cautious about direct action to right wrongs. This emboldens our enemies, who don't believe Mr. Obama has the will to punish them. He is basically a man of theory, a person who avoids evil rather than confronting it. And the evil-doers know it."

The Factor was joined by Fox News correspondent Ed Henry, who was in the front row Wednesday when the president spoke about Iraq. "President Obama blamed Iraq Prime Minister Nouri Maliki," Henry reported, "as the reason the president didn't leave any troops behind in Iraq in 2011. He said we couldn't get legal immunity for U.S. troops in case they killed a civilian in self defense. But today President Obama didn't take a question as to whether we now have immunity, which we clearly don't. We're only sending a few hundred people, but the idea of mission creep is obviously a worry." Henry expressed doubt as to whether the White House is aware that trust in the president is declining both at home and abroad. "I don't think they realize," he speculated, "how much of a defining moment the Syria debate was for the president. His going right up to that 'red line' and then pulling back sent signals around the world."

Guests:Col. David Hunt and Lt. Col Tony Shaffer
Military analysts Col. David Hunt and Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer put forth their recommendations for handling the Iraq turmoil. "I'd let it burn," Hunt declared. "Iraq is about to fall completely and we should not get in the middle of this war that has gone on for a thousand years. Americans have done enough, we should not get in the middle of this civil war." But Shaffer argued that the Al Qaeda army is too dangerous to ignore. "They've already threatened us and they're trying to create conditions to have camps so they can attack us here. We need to figure out the centers of gravity of ISIS and then we can slow down their progress with air power." The Factor warned Col. Hunt that his prescription could eventually damage America: "The logical conclusion of letting it burn would be an Al Qaeda stronghold in the north. These people would organize and get stronger, then they'd want to launch attacks on Israel and America."

Guest:Gov. Rick Perry
The Factor welcomed Texas Governor Rick Perry, whose border has been inundated with women and children from Central America. "This has been going on for some time," Perry groused, "and we've been calling it to the attention of this administration since 2009. Now we have a humanitarian catastrophe, as well as a homeland security issue. The federal government must uphold its constitutional duty to secure that border. Until they do that, Texas is doing even more - we have approved more than $1-million a week for additional border security. I don't have any confidence that the president is engaging in the way that he should." Perry warned that a tornado or some other natural disaster could be especially calamitous. "If we have a major even in Texas today, I do not have a place that can give safety to my citizens because of all of these facilities that are being used by these individuals that are overrunning our government."

Guest:Heather Nauert
FNC anchor Heather Nauert joined The Factor to field letters from some angry viewers. One of them, Joy Craw of North Carolina, defended Vladimir Putin from accusations that he is a tyrant. "Putin is pretty much trying to reestablish the Russian empire," Nauert suggested, "and that's popular in that country. His term expires in 2018, when he could run again, and then in 2024 he could put somebody else in office." "Another viewer, Michael Karr of Illinois, claims that calling for a boycott of Mexico is akin to boycotting Chicago because of the city's violence. "Chicago has a lot of violence," Nauert conceded. "But when it comes to Mexico, the question is whether you trust the Mexican government, which certainly hasn't been cooperative. There's a corrupt police force in Mexico, while I trust the police department in Chicago."

Guest:Megyn Kelly
FNC's Megyn Kelly analyzed the Iraq situation and what pundits are saying. "I thought Glenn Beck's take was interesting," she said. "He backed the war in Iraq initially, but now he believes the left was correct in objecting to it. He doesn't think we should go back over because he doesn't think they want freedom." Kelly also opined on the government's decision to revoke trademark protection for the name "Redskins," claiming it offends many citizens. "If you have a trademark on something it helps you," she said, "and Redskins' owner Dan Snyder is now hobbled legally. The feds are trying to mess with him, no question about it. Some Native Americans say they're offended by the name, but some polls show that 90% of Native Americans do not find the name offensive." The Factor took a jocular shot at Senator Harry Reid: "As soon as Reid announced he won't go to any more games, season ticket sales went up 85%!"

Guest:Laura Ingraham
Laura Ingraham, always a leading voice against illegal immigration, offered her prescription for the current border mess. "The first thing we should," she stated, "is to reassert our right to have borders, our right to sovereignty. That means we have to start deporting people. Both parties say we aren't going to deport the people who already here, and people in Central America got that message. If you don't deport anyone, you're going to keep getting people coming over the border. We have a health care crisis with the people coming in, we have an economic disaster brewing, and there are the security issues." The Factor reiterated that a boycott is in order, saying, "Everybody knows that Mexico is allowing this to happen."

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