Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore: “Obviously I’m not a fan of his presidency, but I want to make a point, Things went so badly wrong they cannot all be laid at his doorstep. One quick example: When the Senate
By MIKE SCHNEIDERAssociated PressTAMPA, Fla.Police in Tampa stopped a dozen anti-war protesters from entering an event attended by former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice after the group said it intended to arrest her for war crimes. The protesters from Code
If, as George Orwell once observed, the greatest enemy of any left-wing government is its previous propaganda, then Barack Obama’s most fearsome enemy is a small volume his campaign published in 2008: Change We Can Believe In: Barack Obama’s Plan
Australian police Sunday reopened inquiries into the 1982 bombing of the Israeli consulate in Sydney and a Jewish club, reportedly after interviewing an extremist jailed over a blast on a Pan Am flight that year. No one was killed but
The Hamas premier in Gaza has not been invited to this week’s summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Tehran, Iran said on Sunday, heading off a threatened boycott by the Palestinian president. Hamas said on Saturday that Haniya would take
Former US ambassador to Iraq and Afghanistan Ryan Crocker is facing charges of drunk driving and hit-and-run after causing an accident while intoxicated, police said. Crocker, who left his Afghanistan job early this summer for health reasons, was cited after
(AP) Afghan rockets damage US general’s planeBy KAY JOHNSONAssociated PressKABUL, AfghanistanAn insurgent rocket attack damaged the plane of the top U.S. general as it sat parked at a coalition base in Afghanistan on Tuesday, dealing another blow to the image
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Death of Ethiopia’s prime minister could affect Mideast security Jewish Israeli youths lynch Palestinians in Jerusalem as hundreds watched Armenian terrorist group threatens Turkey over Syria Death of Ethiopia’s prime minister could affect Mideast
(AP) Syrian minister warns US against interventionBy LYNN BERRYAssociated PressMOSCOWPresident Barack Obama’s warning over chemical weapons in Syria indicates the West is looking for a pretext for military intervention, a senior Syrian government official said Tuesday following talks in Moscow.
So now Mohamed Morsi, the new Islamist president of Egypt, announces that later this month he will visit Iran. And the response is near silence from Washington officialdom, on both sides of the aisle. The Beltway-minded National Journal published no fewer
Eight months ago, President Obama ended the “dumb war” in Iraq: a war he and other Democrats claimed we entered into mainly because of the personal desires of George W. Bush rather than any credible threat posed to U.S. interests
Britain came under pressure Monday after Ecuador’s South American neighbours backed Quito’s decision to grant Julian Assange asylum, but he remained a virtual prisoner in its London embassy. The WikiLeaks founder made a defiant appearance from the balcony of the
One-time presidential hopeful Gary Hart recently penned a blog post at Huffington Post predicting that if the coming presidential election is decided on “the economy stupid,” it “won’t even be close.” It’ll be Obama/Biden in a landslide. Hart notes, and
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Iraq has been helping Iran skirt economic sanctions imposed because of its nuclear program, using a network of financial institutions and oil-smuggling operations that are providing Tehran with a crucial flow of dollars, the New York Times said
Michael J. Totten’s writing for World Affairs believes the conditions are ripe for military intervention and suggests the outcome could be beneficial to the US and Western powers. “A fresh government in Damascus will almost certainly be less friendly toward
The conflict in Syria is a struggle between the United States and Iran whose outcome will decide whether the Middle East follows the path of an Iran-inspired Islamic movement or US influence, a top Iranian official said on Saturday. Khamenei
Following last night’s coordinated protests, which included the occupation of Obama campaign headquarters in Oakland, California and Portland, Oregon, video footage from inside the building in Oakland has surfaced. Scott Olsen –the Iraq war veteran who was injured and hospitalized
(AP) Iraq officials: Over 90 dead in Thursday’s attacksBy ADAM SCHRECKAssociated PressBAGHDADIraqi officials said Friday that a blistering string of attacks across the country the previous day ultimately killed at least 93 people, as the extent of the violence grew
In what appears to have been a coordinated action Thursday evening, Occupy protesters in Portland, Oregon and Oakland, California staged protests and have occupied the offices of Obama campaign headquarters in both locations. A hostage negotiator is said to be
Perhaps you noticed that, when Osama bin Laden was killed by SEAL Team Six in May 2011, individual members of that team did not make the talk show circuit, they were not honored in parades, nor did they visit the
Remember that quaint period of time when the left was pretending to like the military so they could bash the war in Iraq? Well, that’s all over. Eric Boehlert, Senior Fellow at the Obama White House’s unofficial 501(c)3 outlet, Media
(AP) Wave of attacks in northern, central Iraq kill 22SINAN SALAHEDDINAssociated PressBAGHDADA wave of insurgent attacks killed at least 22 people and wounded dozens in central and northern Iraq on Thursday, the latest series of persistent strikes aimed at undermining
(AP) Ecuador decision on Assange asylum dueBy GONZALO SOLANOAssociated PressQUITO, EcuadorIn the two months since Julian Assange ducked into Ecuador’s London embassy to seek political asylum, President Rafael Correa has been consistently deferential to Britain while insisting on his right
When “The Dark Knight” came out in 2008, I saw in its dialogue and cinematography a reflection of the fears and concerns of America. The depth of our vulnerability was exemplified in the movie through the drama of the hostages
