Putin is a strongman at home and a bad actor on the international stage. He is also diabolically clever. Yesterday, in an op-ed published by the NY Times, the Russian tough guy known for judo and shirtless horseback riding claimed
On Thursday, President Obama announced that he would focus again on the economy, even as Syria continued its aggressive activity, Russia continued to mock the Obama administration, and the Obama administration itself continued its chaotic strategy with regard to the
CNN: The night before a high stakes diplomatic meeting in Geneva, where Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart will talk over a plan for stripping Syria of chemical weapons, The New York Times published an op-ed by
Iran has been emboldened by Washington’s decision to hold fire on launching military strikes against its key ally Syria, which has also boosted Tehran’s position on its controversial nuclear drive, experts say. Iran’s conservative press trumpeted as a “humiliating blow”
Destroying Syria’s chemical weapons under a Russian plan would be “immensely difficult” and may do little to end the conflict there, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) said on Thursday. Russia and Iran would have to play a role
Apparently, once again with respect to Syria, the White House was caught off guard by events they are frantically reacting to instead of shaping. Speaking to CNN’s Jake Tapper, a White House official publicly responded to Russian President Vladmir Putin’s
Senator John McCain (R-AZ) says President Obama should bomb Syria before Congress says otherwise and that he should ignore any talk of impeachment for doing so. “They’re not going to impeach the president,” said McCain. “They’re not that crazy.” According
National Public Radio’s David Welna reported Thursday morning that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and other pro-Israel groups had suffered defeat in efforts to lobby Congress to back a military attack against Syria. Though Welna cites some dubious sources,
In a Thursday op-ed titled “Obama and Syria: Stumbling Toward Damascus,” Time magazine’s Joe Klein, a reliable Obama defender, eviscerates the president over “one of the more stunning and inexplicable displays of presidential incompetence that I’ve ever witnessed.” Klein, obviously,
According to Syrian rebels, on Thursday, the Assad regime launched another gas attack in Damascus. Rebels said that the attack happened in the Jobar area of Damascus, and that they did not know the nature of the chemical weapons, but
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Wall Street Journal: Congress’s investigation into the IRS targeting of conservatives has been continuing out of the Syria headlines, and it’s turning up news. Emails unearthed by the House Ways and Means Committee between former Director of Exempt Organizations Lois
An Italian journalist and Belgian writer who had been held captive in Syria for the past six months were released this past Sunday. Domenico Quirico says he overheard a conversation held on Skype by his captors. The captors claimed that the
The rebel forces aligned against Syrian strong-man Bashar Assad are dominated by jihadists and fighters aligned with al-Qaeda. In April, the Obama Administration promised to help arm the rebel forces, but, realizing the very real complications on the ground, that
(AP) Kerry set to test Russia on Syria weaponsBy MATTHEW LEEAP Diplomatic WriterGENEVAU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Geneva Thursday morning to test the seriousness of a Russian proposal to secure Syria’s chemical weapons. Kerry and a team
On Thursday, The New York Times published an op-ed by Russian President Vladimir Putin calling on the United States not to pursue military action in Syria, and blasting American exceptionalism. The Obama administration promptly responded by desperately claiming that the
In response to Putin Pens New York Times Op-Ed, Calls For Caution on Syria: Russian President Vladimir Putin is now the heavy in the international community. By clowning Obama into doing what he wanted in Syria, Obama lost any respectability
Claiming a desire to “speak directly to the American people and their political leaders, Russian President Vladimir Putin has penned an op-ed for the New York Times. He calls it: A Plea for Caution From Russia. No one doubts that poison
FreedomWorks CEO Matt Kibbe said the nation’s debt is a big reason why the country should not intervene in Syria and noted that politicians do not want to cut spending because they do not want to feel like they are
Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL) said the message conservatives are sending to Washington is being heard and the same type of opposition to Syria is needed to defund Obamacare. Speaking to Breitbart News Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon on Breitbart News’s
The surprising recent alliance between progressives and the Tea Party movement in opposition to American military action in Syria illustrates that the American political landscape in 2013 can no longer be understood through the classic lens of Democrat versus Republican
State Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki explained the disconnect between the strong statements against the U.N. made by Susan Rice and Ambassador Power over the weekend by explaining that the last 36 hours have seen “significant changes.” Ambassador Powers made a
Singer Sheryl Crow typically wears her anti-war views on her sleeve–literally. These days, she’s far more demure about the possibility of her country going to war with Syria. She finally broached the subject during a Q&A at HuffPost Live when
WASHINGTON — When it comes to reckless stupidity in Syria, Republican leaders in Congress sure are giving President Obama a run for his money. So they are in favor of launching war on Syria, but they do not feel strongly enough
The National Journal’s Ron Fournier says a Democratic strategist “who works closely with the White House” told him that Syria “has been one of the most humiliating episodes in presidential history.” Fournier says the Democratic operative “requested anonymity to avoid
