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.
What if they held a war and we couldn’t afford to participate? The White House wants to institute a “cap” on the amount of money that can be spent on war operations over the next decade. You can spend $450
Adm. William H. McRaven, who is in charge of Special Operations Command, is pushing for a larger role for his elite units. The plan would give him more autonomy to position his forces and their war-fighting equipment where intelligence and global events
Retired Army Major General James B. Vaught is a veteran of World War II, Korea and Vietnam. And he’s angry at the current U.S. Special Operations Command, who he believes is way too cozy with the media. “Get the
President Obama’s new budget slots $800 million in funding for the Arab Spring. Here’s the relevant portion of the budget: Building on the Administration’s significant and continuing response to the transformative events in the Middle East and North Africa
As tensions mount, there are at least two and possibly three U.S. carriers within the theater of operations including the Persian Gulf, as the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln transited the Strait of Hormuz, despite previous Iranian threats and Iranian patrols following
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman have openly accused the Islamic Republic of carrying out assassination attempts against Israeli diplomats and citizens living in other countries. The accusations stem from a series of attacks that were
Yesterday Randal Mathis of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation sent a letter to Sec Def Leon Panetta. Mathis is outraged because a combat outpost in Afghanistan was named “Combat Post Aryan,” he wrote. Mathis is sure that he has discovered
They’ve been lobbing firebombs in Greece and its getting plenty of media attention. This is the clearly visible side of a collapse welfare state. But there is plenty of other signs of decay that don’t quite get that attention. The
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Israel accuses Iran of attempted embassy staff bombings More vacuous outrage in U.N. as dozens more are killed in Syria Germans approve Greece bailout even though they know it won’t work Israel accuses
Sheherazad Ja’Afari, a U.N. based press attache in New York for the Syrian mission to the United Nations, exposes more about the American media and its capacity to be influenced by ‘liberal guilt’ in one email than conservative news sites
In light of the upcoming New York Giant’s Super Bowl victory parade in New York City, public outcry for a parade honoring soldiers who have returned from Iraq are growing louder: A ticker-tape parade for the Super Bowl Champion New
President Obama has made clear over and over again that he does not want Israel to strike Iran, no matter what the circumstances. Last week, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta leaked to the Washington Post that “there is a strong likelihood
In 1914, nobody expected an unknown radical Serb and a Belgian pistol to start a Great War between European powers. But when Gavrilo Princip shot and killed Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28 in Sarajevo, the course of World
U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman, who previously supported the 2003 liberation of Iraq, told CNN on Sunday that it’s time for the president to take action to help Syrian freedom fighters liberate their country from the tyranny of Ba’athist Party President
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) – The top U.S. Navy official in the Gulf said Sunday he takes Iran’s military capabilities seriously but insists his forces are prepared to confront any Iranian aggression in the region. Vice Adm. Mark Fox, commander of
Thursday on CNBC, Ron Baron, chairman and CEO of Baron Capital, said that “Because everyone’s afraid to invest, stocks are at the lowest level, the most attractive level, in my lifetime.” He added that he expected the stock market to
ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Riots engulfed central Athens and at least 10 buildings went up in flames in mass protests late Sunday as lawmakers prepared for a historic parliamentary vote on harsh austerity measures demanded to keep the country solvent
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Greece’s PM: Accept the harsh austerity measures, or disaster Political chaos continues in Greece on eve of parliamentary vote Greece exhibits first major ‘regeneracy’ in this generational crisis era International pressure over Syria grows
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. China’s Xi Jinping visits Washington amid ideological battle back home Arab League calls for U.N. joint peacekeeping force in Syria Violent riots in Athens, Greece, as Parliament debates austerity measures Greece’s Parliament approves austerity
While I understand that only a fraction of the population of this nation is directly affected by what you are about to read, I would never-the-less like to remind you that the remainder of the population is affected coincidentally. While
Several years have passed and numerous strategists have concluded that America’s next war would likely be against Iran. Very few have paid any attention to such analysis until recently. Just this week however, even main stream media found a way
It is not a movie. It could be labeled a comedy, a farce, even a Greek tragedy, except that people really are dying. It is, in fact, an absolutely abhorrent, disgraceful and unacceptable demonstration of the hidebound, self-serving attitude omnipresent
Hamas “will never recognise Israel,” Gaza prime minister Ismail Haniya said Saturday in a speech in Iran that is likely to complicate Palestinian efforts to form a unity government in the teeth of opposition from the Jewish state. “They want
Joel Pollak has already written on the divestment campaign going on at Occupy Oakland, but it is worth remembering that Kalle Lasn and Micah White, the two founders of the Occupy movement, have always hated the Jews and their state.
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Turkey’s foreign minister in Washington re action against Syria Saudi Arabia and Russia accuse each other over Syria Arab League may seek U.N. General Assembly vote on Syria Suicide car bombers kill dozens in
