Syria
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Law and Government
Pentagon confirms goal in Syria is not to target chemical weapons
Richard Sisk of Military.com reported in a must-read article yesterday that Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said that the Pentagon “ruled out…
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Media
NYT explains away Obama’s latest crisis of leadership by blaming — who else? — George W. Bush
First, to set the record straight, Barack Obama never bowed to assorted heads of state, including the mayor of Tampa. He…
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Foreign Affairs
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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Law and Government
Obama won’t strike Syria without Congress’s authorization (perhaps)
Initially, President Obama said he didn’t need Congressional approval to launch a strike on Syria. Then, last weekend, he decided…
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Foreign Affairs
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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Economy
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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Foreign Affairs
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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National Security
Locking down Syria’s chemical weapons facilities would take 75,000 ground troops
“Let me be clear,” Secretary of State John Kerry told the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday (video after the…
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National Security
Obama blames Congress, America, world for Syrian crisis
Barack Obama plainly stated today without reservations or conditions that if armed intervention against the regime of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad…
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Foreign Affairs
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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Politics
Obama: ‘I never set a red line’ for Syria
The first cruise missile has yet to fly in the event of a U.S. strike on Syria, and already the president…
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National Security
Yes, I think Assad did it
I’ve been hearing about an analysis from Yossef Bodansky, reportedly alluded to by Rush Limbaugh today, in which Bodansky suggests…
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Foreign Affairs
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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Foreign Affairs
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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Economy
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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Foreign Affairs
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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Foreign Affairs
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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National Security
Obama’s hypocrisy is showing in re his position on Syria
In 2007, Barack Obama was unequivocating in his harsh assessment of then-President George W. Bush on the question of intervening…
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Foreign Affairs
The unbearable passivity of triangulated policies that require 'slam dunk' intelligence
It’s a percussion symphony out there. The drumbeat of stalwart European readiness to strike Syria has become unsteady – boy,…
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Media
Al Jazeera journalist forced to resign after criticizing coverage in Syria
America is on the brink of yet another foreign without Congressional approval. A little-reported story bears retelling in the wake…
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Foreign Affairs
The perils of Barack
So here we are. Americans elected Barack Obama, and now he appears to be within a breath of embroiling us…
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National Security
British flotilla steaming to Syrian waters, may join US fleet in Assad strike
“Cruise missiles could start flying towards Damascus within a week …” War clouds in the Eastern Mediterranean just became darker…
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Foreign Affairs
Britain taking lead on Syria?
One of these days, the mainstream media will catch up with reality and start reporting things as they are. In…
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Foreign Affairs
Obama on Syria: Low-quality 'jaw-jaw'
It being the silly season in Washington, there had to be a rumor of war. Well, a rumor of a…
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Foreign Affairs
What Obama Doctrine? Libya vs. Syria and political expediency
Barack Obama plays the leader of the free world on TV, but in real life he’s a duffer on whatever…
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Foreign Affairs
Syria: Obama supplied weapons now in hands of Al-Qaeda-allied terrorists
“With many al-Qaeda leaders now operating in Syria…” The Middle East-centric Assyrian International News Agency as well as the right-of-center news portals The…
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Foreign Affairs
Morsi down, Saudis up in battle for Syria
Mohammed Morsi’s call for holy war in Syria spooked the Egyptian military, and it alarmed the Saudis too. I suspect…
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Foreign Affairs
Egypt: McCain's stance more Obama than Obama's
Arizona Senator and former presidential hopeful John McCain has spoken out against the military-backed ouster of former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi…
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Foreign Affairs
It’s on: Muslim Brotherhood influence rejected in two nations
It’s a little early to predict the exact outcome of the Morsi-military smackdown underway in Egypt. (Update as this goes…
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