President Obama told Americans on Tuesday night that he has ordered the military to maintain their current posture to keep “pressure on Assad” in Syria. The President has asked congress to postpone a vote on military action while other diplomatic
President Obama appealed to the left side of the aisle Tuesday night when outlining his defense for requesting action in Syria. The President asked the “left” to consider the children who “went cold” on a hospital floor and that sometimes
There was nothing more to say, and indeed President Barack Obama said nothing new to the nation on Syria on Tuesday night. What had once been billed as the closing argument for war on the eve of congressional votes to
On Tuesday night, as President Obama caved completely to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the media came to Obama’s defense. Instead of Putin playing Obama for a fool, as it appeared this week, Obama had actually
McClatchy chief correspondent Mark Seibel reports on Tuesday evening that President Obama’s speech on Syria will last just 15 minutes. That is a massive downgrade from most addresses to the nation. The theme of the address has also reportedly shifted
Attention Saturday Night Live writers: This is how you satirize President Barack Obama. The Second City Network takes both the president and his glassy-eyed followers to task in a biting new video about Obama’s heated Syria rhetoric. Help Kickstart World
In light of Syria’s willingness to give control of their chemical weapons to a Russian-led international body, Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) say the time to authorize a strike is now. According to Business Insider, on September
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) “Let us pray that the Russian proposal is one that will avoid the use of force.”
Fox News anchor Shepard Smith discussing Syria and Russia’s dramatic developments of the day…
Secretary Kerry said on Tuesday that if the U.S. “washes its hands” of the Assad regime and action in Syria and does not act that it will cause the country to “implode.” Kerry told the Google+ hangout that it would
Secretary of State John Kerry told viewers of a Google+ hangout on Tuesday that intelligence suggests that countries who have been supportive of the Assad regime would not consider retaliation in their best interests. Kerry said that Iran and the
In the past, Politico has gone to extraordinary lengths to carry water for Barack Obama–up to and including attacks on private citizens guilty of nothing more than supporting someone other than Barack Obama. That was vicious, but Tuesday Politico went
Secretary of State John Kerry was very direct with those who held the idea that an action against Syria’s Assad regime would cause retaliation on Tuesday during a Google+ hangout. Kerry said that those who would retaliate against the U.S.
Secretary John Kerry invoked Congress’ delay in providing aid to the Syria rebels when he was asked about reports that Al Qaeda elements, not the “moderate” elements of the Syrian forces were receiving the bulk of the weapons on Tuesday.
Secretary Kerry told a Google+ hangout on Tuesday that President Obama “retains” the right to initiate a military strike on Syria without Congressional approval. “The President is the President,” Kerry said, “and he has that power.”
David Letterman found it impossible to talk about the Instigator in Chief of the current diplomatic crisis with Syria on Monday night’s edition of The Late Show. The host made a couple light-hearted jokes before launching another slam at President
On Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) came out swinging against President Obama’s proposal for Congressional authorization of military force against Syria and the Bashar Assad regime. McConnell said that President Obama’s chaotic rollout of his case for military
In the midst of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime accepting Russia’s proposal to confiscate its chemical weapons and place them under the the control of the international community to prevent a U.S. strike on the middle eastern country, members of Congress
Yesterday, Secretary Kerry made an off-the-cuff statement in response to a question which derailed the White House’s agenda for the day. Today Kerry claimed during a congressional hearing, when prompted by Rep. Johnson, that he had intended to raise this
On Tuesday, Politico reported that President Obama will now delay a vote to authorize use of force in Syria until “a diplomatic solution has a chance to play out.” The Russian proposal upon which Obama relies, which would supposedly transition
Secretary of State John Kerry is trying to claim that his “goof” on Syria handing over its chemical weapons to international monitors was part of the plan all along, a claim that Fox News finds somewhat dubious. It’s the old
President Obama has not sold R&B singer John Legend on his plans for military intervention in Syria, as the Grammy-winning artist can’t find a justification for war that outweigh his concerns about helping either side in the country’s tragic civil
On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin explained that the Russian proposal agreed to by Syria to turn over Syria’s chemical weapons to international control could not succeed unless the US rejected the use of force. The proposal “can work only
The Wall Street Journal’s Sam Dagher reports via Twitter that a pro-Syria regime newspaper is gloating over how Moscow and Syria pulled “the rug from under feet of Obama” yesterday after Russia took advantage of Secretary of State John Kerry’s
On Tuesday, the Syrian foreign minister mocked the Obama administration’s acceptance of Russia’s proposal on Monday to help handle a Syrian turnover of chemical weapons. Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem said, “Yesterday we held a round of very fruitful negotiations
