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
