This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Obama gives a surprisingly coherent defense of Syria intervention Senate Foreign Relations Committee approves military action in Syria Russia’s president Putin accuses John Kerry of lying Iran’s government splits over al-Assad’s chemical weapons Obama
Via NRO’s Andrew Johnson comes this clip of House Armed Service Committee chairman Rep. Buck McKeon telling Lawrence Kudlow the President is less than enthusiastic about having to defend his own Syria policy: The glimpse McKeon gives is of the
Conservative Republican Rick Santorum is speaking out against intervention in Syria, claiming it is not in our n ational security interests to do so. “There are no good outcomes here. An Al Qaeda-run Syria is no better than an Assad-Iran-Hezbollah-run
Testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday, Secretary of State John Kerry said there was no question in his mind that President Barack Obama does not “bluff” on foreign policy threats, especially regarding his vow that Iran will
Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL), a member of the House Foreign Relations Committee, told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview on Wednesday morning that it is President Barack Obama’s credibility that is at risk with regard the situation in Syria, not
(AP) Column: Wrestling Takes A Stance. Will IOC follow?By JIM LITKEAP Sports ColumnistMagic Johnson took a stance to save Olympic wrestling. So did Mickey Mouse. Rulon Gardner took his on the Great Wall of China. The less famous hunkered down
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Sept. 3 (UPI) — Western intelligence services have made much of Hezbollah’s military support for the embattled Damascus regime in Syria’s civil war, but there’s another, less well-known threat emerging there. That’s the growing force of Iraqi Shiite
The Republican Jewish Coalition has thrown its weight behind efforts to pass congressional authorization for President Barack Obama’s plans for a military strike against Syria over its use of chemical weapons. The RJC believes in good faith that a U.S.
Saying he strongly supports President Barack Obama’s decision to seek congressional authorization for the use of force in Syria, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said inaction in Syria would embolden Iran, North Korea, and the Assad regime in Syria while
Speaking before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday, Secretary of State John Kerry said Iran was hoping the United State would not respond with military force in Syria so they can have a “permission slip” to pursue, and potentially
Testifying on Tuesday afternoon at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about evidence regarding Syria’s use of chemical weapons, Secretary of State John Kerry urged his former colleagues to “Just think about it. In logical terms. Common sense.” Those are terms
In an incredible display of bipartisan blindness, leaders of the Democratic and Republican parties have now declared their support for President Obama’s proposal for action against Syria. House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) stated on Tuesday, “I’m going to support the
Nothing Congress will do next week will make the Syria crisis any worse than it already is for Israel. President Obama’s “red line” on chemical weapons was likely crossed long ago, with no response. Likewise, Obama’s demand that Assad leave
The White House is attempting to win congressional support for President Barack Obama’s proposed military strike against Syria by telling members of the House and Senate that such action would be for the benefit and safety of Israel. It’s a
Splash News: Dick Van Dyke says he is Scared for his life if United States attacks Syria. The Hollywood legend was leaving The 32nd Annual Malibu Kiwanis Chili Cook-Off, Carnival and Fair Sept 1, 2013 in Malibu, CA, United States.
President Obama has turned to Congress to save him from staggering political isolation on the global stage. It is an isolation that is the inverse of the promise of a passionate and reciprocal multilateral embrace that carried him into office.
On Fox News Sunday, Rep. Peter King (R-NY) slammed President Barack Obama for his “clear failure of leadership” on Syria. King said Obama has statutory and constitutional authority to strike Syria and criticized him for sending “mixed signals” to the
According to a document leaked by Edward Snowden to The Washington Post, the Obama administration sees Israel as a “key target” for US counterintelligence. The document shows that the United States believes Israel thinks that the Obama administration is out
Democrats eagerly went on the record against launching an attack on Iran without congressional authorization in 2007. Rep. Peter DeFazio had 59 cosponsors on H.Con.Res. 33, a sense of the Congress resolution which stated “the President should not initiate military
In November 2007, Sen. Obama and Sen. Clinton were engaged in a public relations battle over who would take the toughest line against President Bush on Iran. Hillary sent a stern letter signed by 30 Democrats while Obama introduced a
US forces are readying to strike Syria, though the West insists its goal is not regime change but to punish President Bashar al-Assad’s government for unleashing chemical warfare on civilians. The ground for a military intervention was laid out by
I’m officially on vacation, but keeping an eye on U.S. reaction to events in Syria, which call to mind Marx’s observation that history repeats itself “the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce.” It is impossible to take
Back in 2007 Democrats were very certain about one thing. A President needs congressional authorization to authorize military force against a nation in the Middle East. Here’s Sen. Hillary Clinton saying “President Bush must not be allowed to act without
Following up on Ace’s post here is Biden telling Chris Matthews back in 2007 that he is deadly serious about attempting to impeach Bush if he goes to war in Iran without congressional authorization: Matthews: You said that if the
via @johnekdahl. And note that the 2007 case was much more serious: Iran was working on an atomic bomb, not deploying gas weapons which, while nasty, are not much more deadly than conventional weapons. We’ve lost all Hope, but Obama’s
At the time of this writing, the United States appears to be making final preparations for a military strike on Syria in response to a chemical massacre perpetrated by the Assad regime against hundreds of civilians living in rebel-held suburbs of Damascus.
HERNDON, Va., Aug. 27 (UPI) — Unappreciative of Western philosophy, members of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood probably never heard an analogy first mentioned by Roman statesman Cicero — “putting the cart before the horse!” For more than two millennia, the phrase
The wife of an Iranian-American pastor imprisoned in Iran said Monday she was “extremely disappointed” that US President Barack Obama had remained silent on the case. The statement by Naghmeh Abedini followed reports from Tehran that an Iranian appeals court
The Obama administration has reacted to Syria’s announcement that it would accept a UN investigation of alleged chemical weapons attacks by rejecting the inspections, saying that they are too little, too late. It is a striking gesture of defiance from
NBC 4: A 33-year-old man carrying uranium inside the soles of shoes in his luggage was arrested at Kennedy Airport and accused of planning to sell yellowcake uranium to be shipped to Iran, prosecutors said. Federal prosecutors in Florida say
The alleged use of deadly chemical weapons by the Syrian regime against civilians and opponents on the anniversary of President Barack Obama’s “red line” statement might have marked the collapse of Obama’s foreign policy–if such policy actually existed. In fact,
Iran has rejected claims that the Syrian regime, its chief regional ally, had deployed chemical weapons, saying if such an attack was proven rebels would be responsible, IRNA news agency said Thursday.
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Horrific Syria chem weapons attack causes farce in Washington and New York Iranian military advisor discusses Syria and World War II Horrific Syria chem weapons attack causes farce in Washington and New York Alleged
The media have claimed that conservatives must become more moderate or face permanent irrelevancy after the supposedly solid liberal Millennial generation of 18-29 year olds overwhelmingly supported reelection of Barack Obama. These dire warnings reminded me of the media
The horrific violence in Egypt has triggered another round of “I-told-you-so’s” among American skeptics of the Arab Spring. There is a bit too much eagerness to see the very goal of Arab democracy as a failure, and also to heap
Brig. Gen. Hossein Dehghan was a commander overseeing Hezbollah forces in Lebanon in 1983 when the U.S. Marine barracks in Beruit were bombed and has now been “nominated to be defense minister by Iran’s new president Hassan Rouhani.” According to a
While there’s obvious concern about radical Islamists smuggling weapons into Syria as part of the fight against dictator Bashar al-Assad, an intelligence analysis agency says Iran may be funneling dangerous arms in the opposite direction. A recent analysis from Stratfor cites the arrest
Jewish News One: An Israeli report has found evidence that Iran’s newly appointed Defence Minister Hossein Dehghan was behind the 1983 bombings that killed 241 US Marines and 58 French soldiers in Beirut. At the time, militant group Islamic Jihad
Zimbabwe’s government on Sunday denied a report in the British newspaper The Times that it had reached a secret uranium export deal with Iran. The Times story published Saturday quoted outgoing deputy minister of mines Gift Chimanikire that Zimbabwe signed
