To Obama, the Geneva Convention applies to stateless terrorists–who are not parties to the convention, and are not lawful combatants–but not to U.S. sailors captured and detained by Iran at gunpoint
Vladimir Putin seizes the Crimea, so we blockade the Bosporus. Iran defies the UN, so we sink its Persian Gulf fleet. China expands its air defense zone, so we start downing Chinese fighters. North Korea fires some missiles, so we
On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the decree that officially acknowledged Crimea’s independence and claimed the peninsula as Russia territory. “Taking into consideration the will of Crimea’s people on the nationwide referendum, which took place on March 16, 2014,
China has begun searching for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 on its own territory, state media said Tuesday, citing Beijing’s envoy in Kuala Lumpur. The northern corridor projected from satellite and military radar data that the aircraft might have flown
Desperate relatives of Chinese passengers aboard flight MH370 threatened to go on hunger strike Tuesday as they demanded answers about the missing aircraft from Malaysian officials. Two-thirds of the passengers on the flight, which had 239 people on board, were
The Malaysian government has retracted a pivotal piece of evidence that narrowed the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: the times at which the plane’s transponder and communications devices were shut down. The Washington Post reports that the Malaysian
Ramadan Shalah, the leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror organization, which is funded, armed and controlled by Iran, lamented at a recent conference in Tehran that Jews love the disputed city of Jerusalem more than Palestinians and Muslims do,
There has been a chorus of criticism–and ridicule–surrounding President Barack Obama’s response to Russia’s impending annexation of Crimea. Having failed, after several long telephone conversations, to deter Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Obama is now responding with sanctions against seven–seven–individuals
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Russia’s Putin declares Crimea to be a ‘sovereign and independent state’ Does Iran’s anti-nuclear fatwa really exist, as claimed? U.S. special forces capture pirate Libyan oil tanker in Mediterranean Russia’s Putin declares Crimea to
The September 11, 2012 attack on the Benghazi mission is an indictment of Hillary Clinton’s capacity to serve as Commander in Chief. The Senate Select Committee’s Benghazi Report (The Report) makes clear that the deaths of Amb. Christopher Stevens, State
An administrator at a Chinese firm has reported that the stolen passports used by a pair of Iranian men to board the missing Malaysian jetliner were used last year by two men applying for visas to China. In a new
Russian President Vladimir Putin will sanction top US politicians and Obama administration officials in retaliation against Obama, who released his own sanctions against Russia. According to The Daily Beast, the list will be similar to Obama’s list. Crimea voted Sunday
The streets of every major city in Venezuela continue to be war zones as President Nicolás Maduro escalates the military repression of opposition protesters looking for an escape from socialist dictatorship. After announcing a new “e-card” to ration goods, Maduro
The Virginia State Legislature this month passed a joint resolution Commending the Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center on the 30th anniversary of its founding. This is the mosque that the Treasury Department’s Enforcement Communications System (TECS) says is “operating as a front
A reservist with the Army National Guard in California was charged with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization since October, The Seattle Times learned from the U.S. Attorney’s Office on Monday. Nicholas Teausant, a 20-year-old student
President Mikheil Saakashvili sees many parallels between the current situation in Crimea and his own war with Vladimir Putin in 2008, when the Russian premier whittled away at Georgia’s breakaway provinces of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. In a column for
The Obama Administration strategy for containing Iran’s nuclear program rests on cooperation from Russia, but that cooperation will be sorely tested as the crisis in Ukraine escalates. While State Department spokesman Jennifer Psaki says that she expects Russia to “remain an active
A new consulting firm in Moscow is promising to provide “special protection” to foreign clients operating in Russia. The firm name says it all: Putin Consulting. The firm is run by President Vladimir Putin’s first cousin once removed. Roman Putin,
President Barack Obama met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday, telling the press at a joint conference that Abbas is “somebody who has consistently renounced violence.” Yet while he himself has not carried out violent acts, Abbas built
Crimea is lost. The challenge now is to avoid a wider conflict with Russia, which is bent on absorbing more territory and further extending its influence into Eastern Europe. To avoid an eventual choice between feeding Russia’s appetite for lost
On Sunday, the Director of Westminster Institute, a research organization which focuses on threats from extremism and radical ideologies, stated on Breitbart News Sunday that the US has a “misguided” government policy, which advocates that, by negotiating with so-called non-violent
Crimea voted to join Russia on Sunday and cities in east Ukraine wish to follow in their footsteps. Pro-Russians in Donetsk and Kharkiv have staged many protests since parliament ousted Russia-backed president Viktor Yanukovych on February 22. Ethnic Russians in
China’s frustration with the Malaysian government over failed attempts to find missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 are well known, but more than a week into the search, they are no longer alone. U.S. officials tell the New York Times that they
Ukraine’s parliament approved Hr 6.7 billion ($600 million) for military defenses and called up reservists and the national guard after Crimea seceded to Russia on Sunday. The national budget does not go over $50 billion a year, and it is
According to AFP, India continues “to be the biggest buyer of arms in the world, importing nearly three times as many weapons as…China and Pakistan over the last five years.” India passed China “as the world’s greatest arms buyer in
President Obama and the European Union passed sanctions against Russia and Crimeans who are responsible for Crimea’s referendum to join Russia and leave Ukraine. Obama signed the executive order early Monday morning, which expanded on EO 13660 he signed two
