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Obama Kills Keystone Pipeline and Thousands of Jobs

Despite an anemic economic recovery and an increasingly antagonistic Iran, President Obama decided to kill the Keystone XL pipeline. Creating thousands of jobs and securing American access to oil, the much-discussed Keystone project would transport crude oil from Alberta, Canada

McCain Oppo Dump: Bain Did Business in Iran

Buzzfeed has published a massive opposition research document on Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney that was allegedly compiled by his rival in the 2008 presidential primary, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ). Among other claims, the document contends–citing Forbes–that “Bain & Company

Sources Claim Iran Killing Its Own Scientists, Not CIA or Mossad

Congressman Mike Rogers (R-MI), a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, recently visited Lebanon to probe recent Hezbollah claims that dozens of CIA assets were compromised in Lebanon. According to GeoStrategy Direct.com, “officials said Hezbollah exploited CIA

Iran Toys with Obama, Returns Stolen Drone at 1/80th Scale

During the Bush Administration, the left loved to claim that the United States was not respected around the world because of its “cowboy diplomacy.” If only we stopped our warmongering, if only we spoke with our enemies to resolve conflicts,

US And Israel Postpone Joint War Games

From the Associated Press: JERUSALEM — The Israeli and U.S. militaries have postponed large-scale war games, in part to avoid aggravating mounting tensions between the international community and Iran over its disputed nuclear program, Israeli defense officials said Monday. The

A Conversation With Judge Napolitano

Ron Paul’s most glaring deficits as a Republican candidate have been his foreign policy positions. It is no secret that Judge Andrew Napolitano, host of Freedom Watch on Fox Business, is a huge supporter of Ron Paul, a fact that

The Threat Once Known As Al Qaeda

Osama Bin Laden, the presumed mastermind behind the creation of Al Qaeda, originally formalized a global network of militants mostly comprised of Muslim Brotherhood members. These Brotherhood members, like Ayman al-Zawahiri, tapped into their own personal networks which later socially

U.S. in Retreat in the Mideast

Former national security adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney, John Hannah, took Obama to task in the pages of the L.A. Times, pointing out the insecurity and potential instability developing across the Mideast as a result of the current president’s

Able and Willing: Iran And The Strait Of Hormuz

A war of words continues over Iran’s military exercises and public statements regarding its ability and willingness to block the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial waterway in the Persian Gulf through which 40 percent of the world’s oil flows. U.S.

Covert War In Iran: But Who Is Waging It?

“If you are shooting, don’t complain about being shot.”–Arabic proverb The New York Times front page lays out what appears to be a fairly aggressive covert war going on in Iran. It was demonstrated most clearly with the assassination just

Media Paint Pentagon Brass as Supportive of Defense Cuts

From Accuracy in Media’s Cliff Kincaid: “As President Obama stood on the podium in the Pentagon briefing room Thursday to outline the nation’s defense priorities, the military stood with him,” reported The Washington Post, as if the military brass had

LESSONS LEARNED–MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE 2002

Exercising for war against Iran–a lesson from Millennium Challenge 2002 Iran recently ended its military exercise in the Strait of Hormuz. Soon, in the coming days or weeks, the U.S. intends to initiate a joint exercise throughout the Middle East

WaPo: Obama Foreign Policy an Abject Failure

Jackson Diehl of the Washington Post has a devastating take down of Obama’s failures in foreign policy. An excerpt: Peace Prize winner, foreign policy failure? Here again there appears to be a disconnect between Obama’s 1970s-vintage ideas and the real

Amir Mirzaei Hekmati -Death by false confessions

The life of U.S. military combat veteran Amir Mirzaei Hekmati is in austere jeopardy. His fate rests in the hands of God. International news has revealed that Hekmati has been convicted of working with a hostile country, belonging to the

Former Marine Sentenced To Death In Iran

From the Associated Press: TEHRAN, Iran — An Iranian court has convicted an American man of working for the CIA and sentenced him to death, state radio reported Monday, in a case adding to the accelerating tension between the United

The presidential roller coster.

With Michele Bachmann and Gary Johnson out of the race. Wait who Gary Johnson former governor of New Mexico who exactly. The race seem to be cutting the fat off the meat and getting to the nitty gritty. So what

Lessons from Iowa: It's [Not Just] the Economy, Stupid

It’s nearly impossible to forget the mantra leading up to Bill Clinton’s election as president in 1992: “It’s the economy, stupid.” The endless recitation of this phrase allowed Clinton’s campaign, and the Clinton sycophants in the media, to keep attention