In response to Mark My Words: Someone Is Going to Test This President : If you’ve been following our conversation about the Syrian conspiracy theories, you know I’m holding at roughly 70% confidence the Assad regime was responsible for the
Just before Russian President Vladimir Putin opened the G20 summit in St. Petersburg, he blasted the Obama administration on Wednesday for what he termed its propaganda on military action against Syria. “We talk with these people,” he said about Secretary
On Wednesday, Secretary of State John Kerry compared possible military intervention in Syria to the invasion of Normandy during World War II. Testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Kerry said that “there are a lot of folks out there
In the two millennia since the founding of the Roman Catholic Church, communication from popes has traditionally been in formal language through formal means. Those days are over. Nothing illustrates that more clearly than what has been coming out in
Last year the AP reported the Syrian regime had threatened to use their chemical weapons if attacked by a foreign power: The Syrian regime threatened Monday to use its chemical and biologicalweapons in case of a foreign attack, in its
There are a number of underlying questions regarding Syria. Most important: is it ever right to go to war if we, or our allies, are not directly attacked? Even after we were attacked at Pearl Harbor and Congress declared war
Testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said Russia may have supplied Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad with the chemical weapons he is accused of using on his own citizens. Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC)
In response to Another Syria conspiracy: I believe Assad or his goons gassed those people. I don’t buy Assad’s claim that it’s “illogical” to drop gas weapons where his troops were located. Of course they were located there. They were
Testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday, Secretary of State John Kerry said there was no question in his mind that President Barack Obama does not “bluff” on foreign policy threats, especially regarding his vow that Iran will
A new survey of the coverage of the Syrian civil war and the U.S. response to it by the big three networks, ABC, CBS, and NBC, shows that 94 percent of their stories have not mentioned that some of the
Secretary John Kerry testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday that the United States has received multiple offers to help with any military strike against the Assad regime in Syria. “Frankly,” Kerry Said, “we got more volunteers than
President Barack Obama’s plan to conduct punishing military strikes on Syria passed its first congressional hurdle Wednesday, paving the way for full Senate debate on the use of force. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed an amended resolution 10-7, with
AFP – Arab nations have offered to help pay for any US military intervention in Syria, Secretary of State John Kerry told lawmakers Wednesday as he sought support for missile strikes. “With respect to Arab countries offering to bear the
Arab nations have offered to help pay for any US military intervention in Syria, Secretary of State John Kerry told lawmakers Wednesday as he sought support for missile strikes. The offer was “quite significant,” he said. But he stressed: “Obviously,
McCain Wednesday morning on NBC’s “Today” Show
President Barack Obama in Stockholm, Sweden “I didn’t set a red line, The world set a red line. The world set a red line when governments representing 98% of the world’s population said the use of chemical weapons are abhorrent,
In response to Re: False Flags: Another skeptic of the Obama administration’s “slam dunk” case on Syria has emerged. Writing at PJ Media, former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy details Al-Qaeda’s ceaseless endeavors over the years to acquire, manufacture, and eventually use chemical
Friday, forecasters expect the Labor Department to report the economy added 175,000 jobs in August and the unemployment rate remained steady at 7.4 percent. Although in line with the pace of recent months, jobs gains have been heavily weighted toward
On Wednesday, Secretary of State John Kerry testified before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs over possible military action against Syria. As he testified, members of the antiwar group Code Pink held up their hands, which had been painted red
Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL), a member of the House Foreign Relations Committee, told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview on Wednesday morning that it is President Barack Obama’s credibility that is at risk with regard the situation in Syria, not
On Tuesday morning, House Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor announced their support for President Obama’s proposed military action in Syria. Their support came hours before Secretary of State John Kerry and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel first testified
On Tuesday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Secretary of State John Kerry said Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons because he did not fear the United States. Echoing what he had constantly said during the testimony, Kerry asked
On Tuesday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said he did not believe President Barack Obama had the constitutional authority to use military force against Syria without congressional approval as the president has claimed. “I don’t
On September 2, Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Representative Ed Royce (R-CA) announced a hearing on Syria to be held on September 4. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has been called as a witness. The purpose of the hearing is “to
On Tuesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said Congress would “probably” give President Barack Obama authorization to use force against Syria while questioning Secretary of State John Kerry before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. “Make me proud today, Secretary Kerry,” Paul
