Saying he strongly supports President Barack Obama’s decision to seek congressional authorization for the use of force in Syria, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said inaction in Syria would embolden Iran, North Korea, and the Assad regime in Syria while
During his testimony Tuesday before the Senate about the U.S. intervening in Syria, as Secretary of State John F. Kerry finished his opening statement, Code Pink’s Medea Benjamin started an intentional ruckus, shouting, “Secretary Kerry, the people do not want”
AFP is reporting that “officers and members of” Lebanon’s Shiite Hezbollah group have been ordered to “man their positions” in anticipation of a U.S. strike on Syria. According to AFP, known Hezbollah fighters “have disappeared from local villages in the last
A new poll from Washington Post/NBC shows broad public opposition to any US military intervention in Syria. Support for an attack on Syria if it used chemical weapons has fallen precipitously since early Summer. As Congress debates whether to authorize
Speaking before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday, Secretary of State John Kerry said Iran was hoping the United State would not respond with military force in Syria so they can have a “permission slip” to pursue, and potentially
CNS News posted a clip of Charlie Rangel saying he does not support the President’s “red line” in Syria. What’s most striking isn’t Rangel’s answer it’s the question he’s asked by a host on MSNBC (video below): Are you concerned
After emerging from a meeting with Congressional leaders and the President, House Speaker John Boehner went to the microphones on Tuesday and said he will support President Barack Obama’s call for the U.S. to take military action against Syria.
IBT: Israel tested a U.S.-backed missile system in the Mediterranean on Tuesday (September 3) but did not announce the launch in advance, prompting a disclosure by Russia that kept the world on edge as the United States weighed an attack
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi: “I’ll tell you this story and then I really do have to go. My five-year-old grandson, as I was leaving San Francisco yesterday, he said to me, ‘Mimi,’ my name, ‘Mimi, war with Syria, are
Testifying on Tuesday afternoon at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about evidence regarding Syria’s use of chemical weapons, Secretary of State John Kerry urged his former colleagues to “Just think about it. In logical terms. Common sense.” Those are terms
In response to Assad: There Will be “Repercussions” for Any Strike Against Syria, and Possibly a Regional War: As I’m sure many of us are aware, there are a number of voices out there propagating alternative theories to the Obama
In an incredible display of bipartisan blindness, leaders of the Democratic and Republican parties have now declared their support for President Obama’s proposal for action against Syria. House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) stated on Tuesday, “I’m going to support the
Bush had the tangible help of dozens of countries — some troops, some medical personnel, some airlift and refueling support — and the on-the-record support (even if not always backed by tangible contributions) of more than 40 countries in his
Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said in a USA Today editorial on Monday that President Barack Obama should embrace tying a debt-ceiling increase to spending cuts like past presidents have done. “While President Obama now insists he will not negotiate on
Wars even when won are losers for the economy, and in a weakened economy a bigger loser. September and October 2013 are huge months with lots of deadlines: Debt ceiling Obamacare Syria Budget deadline Benghazi, fast and furious, IRS, NSA
Emerging Tuesday from a meeting at the White House, Speaker John Boehner said he would support Obama’s request for Congressional approval of military action in Syria. “The use of these weapons has to be responded to and only the United
(AP) French leader to await US Congress vote on SyriaPARISFrench President Francois Hollande says he’s waiting for a decision from the U.S. Congress on possible military action in Syria and insists France won’t strike against Bashar Assad’s regime alone.The French
In 2006, the talking points from London and Washington insisted: we had won the war in Afghanistan, and Iraq was not in civil war. To say otherwise was apostasy. In 2006, British Defense Secretary John Reid was famously quoted on
The French paper Le Figaro had an exclusive interview with Assad and I’ve translated it. Interview: Our special envoy to Damas Georges Malbrunot interviewed, in a world exclusive, the Syrian president Bassar al-Assad. Here are some excerpts from this interview.
Now that President Obama has decided to seek authorization for a Syrian strike from Congress, there is much talk about how Republicans must preserve the credibility of the United States, and avoid weakening the presidency, by giving Obama what he
Author and columnist Ann Coulter brought the heat to “Fox and Friends” Tuesday morning (when does she not bring the heat?) and hammered the Obama Administration’s handling of the Syrian situation. Blaming the president for creating the current diplomatic and
SPARTANBURG, South Carolina — Nancy Mace, the first female graduate of Charleston’s military college The Citadel and one of three primary challengers to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), told Breitbart News on Monday that Graham is as weak as he has
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com France promises a military response to Syria’s chemical weapons attack President Obama continues full-scale Syria sales campaign China fears destabilization of Afghanistan, as NATO pulls out Drone strikes decreasing sharply in Pakistan Never smile
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), head of the Democratic National Committee, said on Monday that the US would receive support for a Syria strike from “dozens” of countries should Congress greenlight action against the Assad regime. “I mean we have,
President Obama’s vacillation on Syria–first delaying military action and then booting the decision to Congress–poses grave threats to U.S. prosperity. Imminent military action, especially in the Middle East, instigates fears of shortages and panic in oil markets. Two years ago,
