The Daily Caller reports that the September 16 issue of Time Magazine cover featured a photo of a satisfied-looking Vladmir Putin with the caption “Americans weak and waffling, Russia’s rich and resurgent” — except in America. Here in the States,
Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said the agreement between the United States and Russia to secure Syria’s chemical weapons was a sign of American weakness. They also said that, with the agreement, Russian President Vladimir Putin and
On CBS’s Face the Nation, Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) said Americans needed to support the Syrian rebels even though mistakes will be made that may lead to arms falling in the hands of the wrong groups. “There’s gonna be mistakes,” Corker said.
On CBS’s Face the Nation, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright claimed that no regime in Syria can be worse than Bashar al-Assad’s. “It’s very hard for me to believe that there could be something worse, frankly,” she said. “I
On NBC’s “Meet the Press” panelist Jeffrey Goldberg comments on Obama’s deal with Russia to remove Syria’s chemical weapons:
In foreign policy as in much else, President Barack Obama has relied on words rather than actions. So it is difficult to take seriously his threat, expressed in an interview Friday with ABC News that aired Sunday on This Week,
A Russian state television presenter said Sunday he had invited US Senator John McCain to appear on his chat show to discuss his views on Syria. Vladimir Solovyov, known for his pro-Kremlin stance, said he had invited the Republican senator,
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said Russian President Vladimir Putin could not be trusted, but the United States had to work with him on Syria. On CBS’s Face the Nation Sunday, host Bob Schieffer asked Albright, who served as Secretary
On NBC’s “Meet The Press” Sen. Bob Menendez on the US Russia deal to secure Syria’s chemical weapons:
While President Barack Obama and other U.S. officials have repeatedly said the U.S. can accomplish its goals in Syria without “boots on the ground,” the Department of Defense appears hesitant to make that same claim. According to a September 14
Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright suggested Americans aren’t emotionally invested in Syria’s civil war.
AP: Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday sent a strong warning to Syria, saying “the threat of force is real” if it does not carry out an internationally brokered agreement to hand over its chemical weapons. (Sept. 15)
During a September 15 appearance on This Week With George Stephanopoulos, President Obama quoted Ronald Reagan again and said U.S. pressure is keeping Syria and Russia in check. Early in the interview segment of the program, Stephanopoulos asked Obama if
On Sunday, General Salim Idriss, who heads the Free Syrian Army opposition to the Assad regime, said that Syria has been moving weapons of mass destruction out of the country into Lebanon and Iraq. The Iraqi government said that such
On Sunday, Syrian National Reconciliation Minister Ali Haider declared “victory,” expressing the regime’s thanks to the Russian government, according to Russia’s RIA Novosti. “We welcome these agreements,” Haider said. “On the one hand they will help Syrians come out of
On NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Senator John McCain asked of this week’s Syria deal, “Whatever happened to the president’s red line’ where he said if they use chemical weapons we will respond?”
Despite his past disdain for Russian quasi-dictator Vladimir Putin, President Obama now says he trusts the Russian president when it comes to negotiating a deal with Syria. “Mr. Putin and I have strong disagreements on a whole range of issues,”
President Obama appeared on ABC’s This Week to defend his administration’s incoherent Syrian policy, stating that his efforts have achieved their desired results, even if those results were achieved in non-stylish fashion. “I think that folks here in Washington like
On Sunday, President Obama joined ABC’s This Week to discuss the threat of Iranian nuclear development, and emphasized that he had not taken force off the table: “I think what the Iranians understand is that the nuclear issue is a
CNN’s “State of the Union” host Candy Crowley asked House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers whether it makes any difference that Vladimir Putin and Russia got the upper hand over the U.S. in the deal struck on Syria’s chemical weapons.
President Barack Obama in an exclusive interview on ABC’s “This Week” With George Stephanopoulos.
I’ve wrestled with Andrew C. McCarthy’s writings on foreign policy since the start of the Arab Spring. I am one of those conservatives who agreed with George W. Bush’s articulation of human rights and democracy as the core values of
On CNN’s “State of the Union,” former Republican Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich slammed Obama’s mishandling of Putin and Syria’s use of chemical weapons.
Senator Bob Corker on CBS’s “Face The Nation.”
(AFP)- A US-Russian plan to eliminate Syria’s chemical weapons gained China’s support Sunday, easing its route towards the UN Security Council and hiking pressure on Damascus to act within days. President Barack Obama warned the United States, which has threatened
