Iran State TV station FARS announced Saturday morning that four American dual-nationality prisoners were released from Iranian custody in a “prisoner swap” with the United States.
VIENNA (AP)–The U.N. nuclear agency acknowledged renewed failure Wednesday after a trip to probe suspicions of covert Iranian nuclear weapons work, in a statement issued just hours after an Iranian general warned of a pre-emptive strike against any foe threatening
On Hugh Hewitt’s nationally syndicated program yesterday, GOP frontrunner Rick Santorum said that the United States should arm the Syrian rebels: Here’s the transcript, in relevant part (beginning at 6:21): SANTORUM: We’d be aiding the rebels. We’d be
Afghanistan has imploded once again. Riots swarm epicenters, people have been injured, and now reports of deaths unfold. Islam’s most holy book, the Quran, has been desecrated, and US forces have been deemed the culprits. The real culprits in today’s
This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. Republican John McCain has been traveling the Mideast with a bipartisan delegation of his Senate colleagues. He seems to think the region’s ascendant Islamists of the Muslim Brotherhood are people America
By now, you’ve probably read the news that religious materials, including Qurans, were recently burned at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. As a result, many media outlets have fallen in lockstep with the Islamists and readily reported this latest example of
LONDON (AP) – Respected American journalist Marie Colvin, who spent decades reporting on conflicts from Sri Lanka to Syria, focusing on the suffering of women and children in wartime, died in a fierce shelling attack Wednesday in Syria.
Embracing your nation’s enemy used to be treason, but among Hollywood elites, it is good P.R. Jane Fonda was pictured on the tank of the Viet Cong. Sean Penn cozies up to Hugo Chavez while Gisele Bundchen and Johnny Depp
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Netanyahu and Obama to meet in Washington on March 5 Syria’s regime launches ‘sickening’ assault on Homs Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez makes emergency trip to Cuba for cancer test Tibetan’s Lhakar movement confounds China’s Han
Remember when President Obama visited an Open Government Partnership event last September? The media emerged with this stellar example of Obama centralizing attention to himself: Now his Secretary of State has done the same thing at the G20.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration opened the door slightly Tuesday to international military assistance for Syria’s rebels, with officials saying new tactics may have to be explored if President Bashar Assad continues to defy pressure to halt a brutal
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – A U.N. team visiting Iran has no plans to inspect the country’s nuclear facilities and will only hold talks with officials in Tehran, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman said Tuesday. The remarks by Ramin Mehmanparast cast doubt
How important is air superiority? Since 1950, the enemy has never attacked US forces from the air. The F-15 has never been shot down in air-to-air combat, and the F-22 is by far the most dominant plane in the skies.
Last week the media was flush with stories on the 50th Anniversary of the U.S. “embargo” of Cuba. From the New York Times to USA Today, most are running AP and Reuters stories (from Havana) which begin and end with
Why do other nations try to claim the successes of Americans of which they had no part? Might it be because they want to lay claim to the greatness that is uniquely American? When Steve Jobs died, word came that his
On February 9th, the Department of Defense announced incremental steps to implement a report advocating doctrinaire “diversity” in the military. Central to this campaign, which briefers described as “just the beginning, not the end,” are plans to order female soldiers
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. City of Homs in Syria braces for bloody assault Terrorism drops in Iraq, as Al-Qaeda in Iraq moves to Syria International Red Cross negotiates with Syria for cease fire Tumultuous Greek bailout meeting continues
(AP) Oil prices jumped to a nine-month high above $105 a barrel on Monday afterIran said it halted crude exports to Britain and France in an escalation of a dispute over the Middle Eastern country’s nuclear program. By Monday afternoon, benchmark March
In the midst of Egypt’s supposed transition to democracy, nineteen Americans will face trial for promoting democracy. They are being prevented from leaving Egypt, and 14 of them are described by Egyptian authorities as “fugitives.” A more accurate term would
Fred Grandy goes inside the Cloakroom with Representative Sue Myrick in order to drill down on the failure of both the DOD and DOJ in adequately providing clarity to Congress as to their training practices. The president has made it
Icons are not always heroes. Heroes usually are not icons but simple, everyday folks who often give their “last full measure of devotion,” as Lincoln referred to the Gettysburg Civil War dead. Our culture suffers from mis-directed hero worship. Idolizing
From Reuters: China rebuked Iran on Monday for stopping oil sales to British and French companies at the weekend, calling for renewed efforts at dialogue over an escalating stand-off over Tehran’s controversial nuclear program. China has repeatedly called for talks
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. North Korea’s new leader threatens South Korea over military exercises Egypt recalls ambassador to Syria over ongoing violence Detention of pro-democracy workers threatens U.S.-Egypt relationship Eurozone finance ministers set to approve Greece bailout on
Moreso than, say, a nuclear attack by Iran on Israel or the United States? From Bloomberg: An Israeli attack on Iran would be “destabilizing,” Army General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said. “It’s not
From Front Page Magazine: Nineteen American citizens working for well-known and well-established nonprofit groups are being held on trumped-up charges that they tried to destabilize Egypt. Their offices were raided in late December, some are holed up in the U.S.
The federal appeals court in Denver recently threw out an amendment passed by 70 percent of the voters of Oklahoma that would have prevented Oklahoma courts from recognizing international or Islamic law. Further, the court upheld the right of the
