An op-ed in the July 31 edition of The Washington Post by columnist Charles Krauthammer: “Amid the ruins, humanity” ‘Syrian Christinas and the English Jew’ The opinion piece notes the passivity of the countries, once called the ‘Christian West’, towards the ongoing physical elimination of the Christians of the Middle East.

In the July 30, an op-ed by columnist George F. Will: “Obama makes bad history”  The writer makes reference to the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.