President Barack Obama switched gears Monday, embracing a Russian-backed proposal to have Syria transfer its chemical weapons stockpile to international control–an idea that emerged from a gaffe earlier in the day by Secretary of State John Kerry. The proposal may
There is only one possible good-faith reason that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC), the National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC), and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) are lobbying Congress to approve President Barack Obama’s proposed
The Administration’s mad rush for war in Syria has written a few quotes into the pages of history today, and not in a good way. John Kerry sealed his reputation as a clumsy buffoon by promising the world we’d be
One of the few effective arguments that the Obama administration has used in support of military action in Syria is that it is important to deter other rogue states determined to acquire, and threatening to use, weapons of mass destruction.
On September 8, Iran’s new Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said U.S. action against Syria “is illegal” and “outside the bounds of the United Nations charter.” Zarif was on his first official trip to the Iraqi capital of Baghdad when
A former Israeli national security adviser who is a retired Major General in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) has claimed that Barack Obama forced Israel to abandon attacking Iranian nuclear sites last year. According to the Israeli paper Mida, Giora Eiland
Senator Lindsey Graham speaking at an event in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina.
As pro-Israel organizations begin to weigh in strongly in favor of President Barack Obama’s proposed attack on Syria, it is worth remembering that the most influential, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), once believed (wrongly, in my view) that
As the vote to authorize a U.S. attack on Syria nears this week, President Barack Obama is preparing to grant six interviews on Monday, and to address the nation on Tuesday. But the opposition is growing in strength and has
Iraq has ordered Iranian exiles to move from a camp where 52 of their members were killed a week ago “without delay”, a government official and the UN said Saturday. Baghdad opened a probe into the events surrounding the deaths
CBS: Reports say a message intercepted by U.S. intelligence indicates Iran will plot revenge on American interests in Iraq if a strike on Syria happens. Also, President Obama, at the G-20 summit in Russia, struggles to build support for a
Iran has commanded militants in Iraq to attack the United States Embassy and other American targets in Baghdad if the U.S. proceeds with President Barack Obama’s proposed strike on Syria, a new intercepted order reveals. The new intelligence demonstrates Iran’s
(AP) Wrestling boss: IOC vote was ‘shock therapy’By STEPHEN WILSONAP Sports WriterBUENOS AIRES, ArgentinaNenad Lalovic remembers the phone call from a friend seven months ago: Wrestling was being dropped from the Olympics. It wasn’t. The IOC executive board in February
With his decision to attack Syria in a “limited” way, some are concerned about the possibility of future escalation. But the truth is we are not at the foot of the Syrian escalator deciding whether or not to get on.
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
