Everyone is fixated on the “climate change” part of Barack Obama’s ridiculous thoughts on the nature of “leadership” during his bizarre 60 Minutes interview on Sunday night, but the really terrifying part of his answer is what he thinks does not qualify as leadership. He’s exactly wrong, and it’s the reason Vladimir Putin has been able to hoist this lightweight President up by his trousers and throw him face-first out of the Middle East.
by John Hayward12 Oct 2015, 9:07 AM PST0
Contents: India Muslims attacked and lynched by Hindus over cow slaughter; Cow slaughter cases surging in India’s state of Uttar Pradesh; Garry Kasparov’s analysis of Vladimir Putin’s strategy in Syria
by John J. Xenakis12 Oct 2015, 7:12 AM PST0
The headlines are getting progressively more concerning as the West look to be drawing up battle lines against Russia rather than Islamic State. This morning we read that the RAF have been granted permission by ministers to shoot down Russian
by Mike Hookem MEP12 Oct 2015, 6:06 AM PST0
Contents: Palestinian-Israeli violence continues in Gaza and West Bank; Obama administration announces an abrupt change of policy in Syria; Obama administration may be forced into greater military role
by John J. Xenakis11 Oct 2015, 6:48 AM PST0
Sen. Marco Rubio has declared in a little-noticed TV interview that the United States should go to war against Russia, merely to block a flood of Muslim immigrants that can otherwise be stopped by a few European border guards.
by Neil Munro10 Oct 2015, 3:46 PM PST0
Two massive bombs exploded almost simultaneously Saturday in Turkey’s capital city of Ankara, killing at least 97 people and wounding hundreds more in the process, resulting in the deadliest terror attack in the history of post-Ottoman Turkey.
by Jordan Schachtel10 Oct 2015, 3:41 PM PST0
Republican presidential candidate former Florida Governor Jeb Bush argued the US should retaliate against Russia for its bombing campaign in Syria and “get the lawyers off the backs of the fighting forces that we do have” on Saturday’s “Larry Kudlow Show”
by Ian Hanchett10 Oct 2015, 2:15 PM PST0
This week I stood up in the European Parliament in Strasbourg and spoke about an ‘inconvenient truth’. It was a speech that most in the chamber simply did not want to hear. To howls of derision, I told the European
by Paul Nuttall MEP10 Oct 2015, 7:40 AM PST0
CBS’ “60 Minutes” correspondent Steve Kroft told President Obama that Vladimir Putin is “challenging your leadership” in a preview of his interview with the president released on Friday. Kroft said, “A year ago when we did this interview, there was some
by Ian Hanchett9 Oct 2015, 7:24 PM PST0
USA Today columnist and Fox News Contributor Kirsten Powers argued the Obama administration has “really misjudged Putin,” and “they don’t really have a plan” on Friday’s broadcast of “The Five.” Powers stated, [relevant remarks begin around 11:20] that the Obama administration
by Ian Hanchett9 Oct 2015, 5:23 PM PST0
With astonishing speed, American influence—withered by years of Barack Obama’s indecisiveness—is fading, as Iraq realigns around Russia and Iran. Take it from the Iraqis, who are celebrating the arrival of “Putin the Shiite” in Syria, hoping he’ll swing into Iraq to pick up the fight against ISIS.
by John Hayward9 Oct 2015, 4:48 PM PST0
Russia’s military excursion into Syria has driven estranged partners Turkey and the European Union to try to make amends, further isolating the Syrian Kurds, reports Rudaw, citing analysts.
by Edwin Mora9 Oct 2015, 1:15 PM PST0
The Obama administration has ended the Pentagon’s failed $500 million program to train and equip so-called “moderate” Syrian rebels to fight the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), reports The New York Times (NYT).
by Edwin Mora9 Oct 2015, 11:55 AM PST0
The Russian Defense Ministry denied CNN reports that four missiles from a Russian ship in the Caspian Sea crashed into Iran instead of Syria.
by Mary Chastain9 Oct 2015, 9:31 AM PST0
Contents: Thousands of cars in China stuck in week-long traffic jam; Fears in Israel grow of ‘third intifada’ as West Bank violence spreads; Anger and frustration grow among West Bank Palestinians; Four Russian cruise missiles fall in Iran; Severe epidemic of dengue fever strikes Vietnam
by John J. Xenakis9 Oct 2015, 4:00 AM PST0
The Islamic State has released a videotaped execution of three Assyrian Christian hostages, captured during a February offensive in Syria. The lives of hundreds more Christian captives remain in the balance, a point the savages emphasized by making three of them beg for ransom payments on camera.
by John Hayward8 Oct 2015, 9:31 PM PST0
Alexander Odoevsky, the second secretary at the Russian embassy in Canberra, Australia, asserted the world needs to respect Syrian President Bashar al-Assad because Syrians “elected” him in 2014.
by Mary Chastain8 Oct 2015, 7:57 PM PST0
The latest in a string of ISIS videos to feature child soldiers features a boy, about ten years of age, brandishing a rocket-propelled grenade and threatening to behead President Obama unless the United States submits to the Islamic State.
by John Hayward8 Oct 2015, 7:47 PM PST0
At least four Russian missiles reportedly crashed into Iran instead of Syria. The Russian government launched 26 rockets from the Caspian Sea on Wednesday.
by Mary Chastain8 Oct 2015, 7:27 PM PST0
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made incendiary remarks on Thursday, warning that he does not fear chilling diplomatic relations with Russia if Russian planes continue to violate Turkish airspace in their campaign to support Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.
by Frances Martel8 Oct 2015, 7:00 PM PST0
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Jack Reed (D-RI), the ranking-member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said on Thursday that the use of “ground forces” is required to resolve the Syrian conflict.
by Edwin Mora8 Oct 2015, 3:48 PM PST0
A Syrian refugee in Uruguay doused himself in gasoline in protest when told Uruguay could not strong-arm other countries into giving his family a visa, and later attacked both government and UN officials, ending the meeting.
by Frances Martel8 Oct 2015, 12:33 PM PST0
Russian warplanes have committed war crimes by striking three medical facilities in Syria in just two days, according to a New-York based humanitarian nonprofit group.
by Edwin Mora8 Oct 2015, 10:03 AM PST0
Russian President Vladimir spent his 63rd birthday playing hockey in Sochi as his warplanes pummeled Syria with bombs and chased away U.S. aircraft.
by Mary Chastain8 Oct 2015, 9:33 AM PST0
To respond to Russia’s military campaign in Syria, first, we have to be realistic about the facts on the ground. Iraq and Syria, for all practical purposes, are failed states.
by Admiral James A. "Ace" Lyons8 Oct 2015, 8:18 AM PST0
