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Obama Sends Lew to AIPAC to Deliver the Bad News

Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew did his best to spin the Obama administration’s stance on Israel at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference on Sunday night. The audience knew they were being treated like mushrooms: kept

D.C. Snow May Cancel AIPAC Lobbying

D.C. Snow May Cancel AIPAC Lobbying

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

Netanyahu's Lesson from Ukraine: Don't Trust Obama on Iran

Netanyahu's Lesson from Ukraine: Don't Trust Obama on Iran

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

Showdown at AIPAC: Iran Sanctions on the Line

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

Glick to Ambush AIPAC with One-State Solution

Glick to Ambush AIPAC with One-State Solution

Caroline Glick, the popular conservative commentator for the Jerusalem Post, will launch her new manifesto, The Israeli Solution: A One-State Plan for Peace in the Middle East, early next week. The book argues that Israel should abandon the faltering two-state

CPAC Again Fails to Address Foreign Policy

CPAC Again Fails to Address Foreign Policy

Of the 27 confirmed panels at the Conservative Political Action Conference’s (CPAC) annual policy conference, only 1 is vaguely dedicated to foreign policy. The panel titled, “What Should be America’s Place in the World in 2017…After Obama?” leaves us with

America's Provocative Weakness

America's Provocative Weakness

Among former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld’s many illuminating “rules” is his trenchant observation that “weakness is provocative.” Indeed, the accelerating instability we see worldwide is, in no small measure, a product of the weakness being communicated at every turn

Total BS! Iraq Signs Arms Deal with Iran

How is see it is, the Iraqis, like the Afghanis,  just spit in the faces of all the brave U.S. Servicemen you fought to defend their sorry arses. Iran fought a proxy war against the U.S. by harboring, funding, and

AIPAC's Tough Talk Is Not Fooling Anyone

The American-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) published an op-ed in the New York Times Saturday in which its leaders made a passionate and well-argued case for continued pressure on Iran, and also for the role of Congress in setting foreign policy.

Hezbollah Recruiting Mercenaries to Fight for Assad

Hezbollah Recruiting Mercenaries to Fight for Assad

Hezbollah are recruiting European mercenaries to fight for Bashar Assad in Syria’s civil war, according to security sources. The Lebanese Daily Star newspaper reports that intelligence services received information on batches of mercenaries arriving at Rafik Hariri International Airport near