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
Secretary of State John Kerry complained on Sunday’s edition of NBC News’ Meet the Press that Vladimir Putin was playing by “19th century” rules, not 21st century norms, in his invasion of the Ukranian region of Crimea. Insisting that “President Putin
Ukraine ordered full military mobilization for war after gunmen surrounded a Ukraine military base in Crimea and Russia President Vladimir Putin said he had a right to protect Russian interests in the peninsula. “This is not a threat: this is
Tensions keep rising in Crimea as gunmen surrounded Ukraine’s infantry base in Privolnoye. The convoy included at least 13 troop vehicles each containing 30 soldiers and four armored vehicles with mounted machine guns. The vehicles — which have Russian license
At the AIPAC Policy Conference, I had the opportunity Sunday evening to meet Daniel Mael, a junior at Brandeis University, who is leading an initiative called “Safe Hillel.” It aims to counter a left-wing movement called “Open Hillel,” which is
A source indicated that pro-Israel activists gathering in Washington for the annual Policy Conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) may have to cancel their traditional mass lobbying event on the third day of the event. A major
As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives in the United States this week, he will no doubt have taken heed of President Barack Obama’s weak response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. President Vladminir Putin crossed Obama’s “line”–just as Syrian dictator Bashar
Russian President Vladimir Putin has humiliated President Barack Obama. He advanced soldiers into the Crimea–into the sovereign territory of Ukraine–without uniforms, in apparent violation of the laws of war. He knew that Obama would not dare complain–that the White House
In June 2008, Senator Chuck Schumer penned an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal stating that, in order to enlist Russia’s help in shutting down Iran’s nuclear program, the United States should appease Vladimir Putin in his designs on Eastern Europe.
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Tensions escalate between Ukraine and Russia The Charge of the Light Brigade into the Valley of Death Knife-wielding mob of probable Xinjiang terrorists kill 28 in southern China Pakistan’s Taliban announce one-month cease-fire Tensions
As the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIAPC) gathers in Washington, DC for its annual Policy Conference, Republicans are hoping to use the group’s traditional lobbying push to force Democrats to hold a Senate vote on Iran sanctions. The bipartisan
“The two-state solution isn’t inevitable. It is impossible. It will never happen–and the quicker we realize this, the better for all concerned.” So says prominent Israeli journalist Caroline Glick, the senior contributing editor at the Jerusalem Post, and the most-read
President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on the phone for 90 minutes about Russian troops in Crimea. President Obama expressed his deep concern over Russia’s clear violation of Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity, which is a breach of
BEIJING (AP) — More than 10 knife-wielding attackers slashed people at a train station in southwestern China late Saturday in what authorities called a terrorist attack, and police fatally shot five of the assailants, leaving 28 people dead and 113
On February 28th, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) reacted to President Obama’s “hastily arranged” speech against Russian military intervention in the Ukraine by saying the U.S. needs to suspend “Russian membership in the Group of Eight (G8),” and we need to
Sergey Aksyonov, the new head of Crimea, asked Russia for more troops for security reasons. Crimea declared allegiance to Russia after Ukraine’s parliament kicked out President Viktor Yanukovich on February 22nd. Russia confirmed on Friday they sent troops to Crimea to
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia executed a de facto military takeover of a strategic region in Ukraine as the parliament in Moscow gave President Vladimir Putin a green light Saturday to proceed to protect Russian interests. The newly installed government
Appearing on the debut of Breitbart News Saturday, Rep. Michele Bachmann said that President Barack Obama has done more damage to America abroad because of his clueless foreign policy than he has to the country at home. Speaking to Breitbart News Executive
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Russian troops in Ukraine raise fear of ‘Abkhazia scenario’ Ukraine’s president invokes the 1994 ‘Budapest Memorandum’ Burma accuses Doctors without Borders of bias towards Rohingyas Russian troops in Ukraine raise fear of ‘Abkhazia scenario’
Militants from the Islamist State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) used a large sword to cut off an accused thief’s hand and posted live photographs of the amputation on Twitter. According to the Daily Mail, one of the photographs “showed a
On February 28th Obama delivered a “hastily arranged” statement warning Russia against military intervention in Ukraine. According to Yahoo News, Obama said, “We are deeply concerned by reports of military movements taken by the Russian federation inside of the Ukraine.”
As top Ukrainian officials were accusing Russia of invading their country on Friday, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin reminded the press that derided her has a neophyte during the 2008 presidential campaign that she had accurately predicted an Obama presidency
European and Americanmedia may be celebrating the triumph of the Ukraine “people’s revolution,” but the real question is who is going to payfor the $29 billion a year bailout to keep the country from goingbankrupt. United States Secretary ofState John
Nicolás Maduro skipped his own party. His “Conference for Peace” was a laughable flop, and the Venezuelan people were skeptical about his call for a national carnival on a day in which the opposition planned massive protests nationwide. The President skipped said
During the 2008 presidential campaign, Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin warned that if Senator Barack Obama were elected president, his “indecision” and “moral equivalence” may encourage Russia’s Vladimir Putin to invade Ukraine. Palin said then: After the Russian Army invaded
On February 28th, in response to human rights reports “issued by the U.S. State Department” on February 27th, China released a report describing the U.S. as a country where “gun violence is rampant.” China focused on the number of guns
