Foreign Affairs
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Chinese subs now can launch nuclear missiles at most of U.S.
The third leg in China’s nuclear weapons triad has finally been achieved by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), and uneasily…
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WH official fired for tweeting snarky insults about colleagues
Josh Rogin of The Daily Beast reports that a White House national security official has been fired for anonymously tweeting insulting comments…
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Strange but true in the Far East
Now and then, it’s good to check in with the other side of the world. U.S. cabinet secretaries John Kerry…
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Russian navy promises ‘support’ to Nicaragua
… and other news from the brave new world In case you were wondering: no, the former-Soviet navy didn’t use…
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Assad: Syria agrees to hand over chemical weapons but not because of U.S. threat
Could the day get any worse for Barack Obama? Could his entire second term, for that matter? First the president gets…
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In his own words: Putin speaks ‘directly to the American people’
In case you missed it, the president spoke out to the American people yesterday about Syria. No, I’m not referring…
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America 12 years after 9/11: Where we are as a nation
Another September 11th is upon us. In New York, two beams of ghostly light will rise up to the heavens…
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Verified: Chinese warship, Marines enter Mediterranean
Coalition of the Unwilling grows… As previously covered by Examiner.com, the speculated destination of a powerful Chinese one-ship amphibious assault force…
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Syria: Obama’s head lawyer insists laws don’t matter
The United States has never surrendered its sovereignty to the United Nations… The attorney whose role is to advise the…
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Obama’s Cuban missile crisis
What a coup it would be, for Team Obama to turn two weeks of dithering and squandering American credibility on…
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Obama administration admits to no ‘irrefutable’ evidence against Assad
The Obama administration lacks ‘irrefutable, beyond-a-reasonable-doubt evidence’…” The man who often claimed on the campaign trail to be a constitutional law professor…
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Obama official: Something about Assad, a fork, and Cheerios
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before, but a senior White House official said of the planned U.S. strike…
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WH justifies strike on Syria by insisting it passes the ‘common-sense test’
Who said there is no such thing as an Obama Doctrine? Granted, the president’s foreign policy is as nebulous as his…
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Obama admits Assad’s chemical weapons pose no ‘imminent direct threat’ to the U.S.
Obama, the alleged Constitutional law professor, forgets the War Powers Act of 1973… During a question and answer session with…
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Chinese, Russian warships and Marines headed to Syrian waters
As the American naval presence off the coast of Syria awaits potential orders to launch an attack on the civil…
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Syria: Update on maritime matters
In a destabilizing region, the hits will come from all sides. Egyptian authorities are confirming reports that terrorists with RPGs…
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Syria: Now, the run-up to whatever ‘it’ will or won’t be
What the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has voted to authorize is a military operation not to exceed 90 days in…
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Rep. Joe Wilson asks, ‘Where do the chemical weapons come from?’
Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing met to discuss whether America should intervene in Syria with military strikes. Despite the…
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Is Obama planning ‘more substantial’ attack on Syria, and if so why?
Let’s assume that General Jack Keane is correct in his assertion that President Obama has changed his mind again and…
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No joke: Congress should vote ‘present’ on Syria
You don’t need to be a foreign affairs expert to judge how feckless the president is on his Syria policy. …
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Rock, hard place, Syria
Through his latest action, calling for a vote of Congress on a strike against the Assad regime – but not…
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Obama’s lose-lose approach to Syria has made him (more of) a laughing stock
“These are the times that try men’s souls.” Thomas Paine penned those immortal words in December of 1776, but they…
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As war looms, cost of cruise missile attack on Syria: Quarter billion dollars
As war clouds continue to gather in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Washington Post reports that a fifth U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer has…
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