Senior US official says Pentagon is preparing various military options; Iran and Egypt meet to discuss possible US action. There is increasing speculation that Washington is considering an aerial or sea missile attack on Syrian chemical weapons sites, a CNN correspondent reported on Monday. The report quoted an anonymous senior administration official as saying, “there […]Continue Reading
Israeli forces have attacked a target on the Syrian-Lebanese border overnight, a western diplomat and a security source said on Wednesday, at a time of growing concern in the Jewish state over the fate of Syrian chemical and conventional weapons. The sources, who declined to be named because of the sensitivity of the issue, had […]Continue Reading
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says his nation must prepare for the threat of a chemical attack from Syria, amid concern at enemy efforts to test a post-election coalition Israel, and, as Bloomberg reports, has deployed its new Iron Dome anti-missile system near the border with its northern neighbor. Along with this concern, as many have perhaps suspected, […]Continue Reading
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel‘s prime minister says he wants to build a broad governing coalition to face serious security threats to Israel, including Syria‘s chemical weapons and Iran‘s nuclear program. Benjamin Netanyahu told his outgoing Cabinet Sunday that Israel must be ready for any development in the turbulent region. Netanyahu’s ticket won the most seats […]Continue Reading
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Any sign of Syria’s grip on its suspected chemical weapons slipping as it battles an armed uprising could trigger Israeli military strikes, Israel‘s vice premier said on Sunday. Silvan Shalom confirmed a media report that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had last week convened security chiefs to discuss the civil war in nearby […]Continue Reading
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran would consider any attack on Syria an attack on itself, a senior government official was quoted as saying on Saturday, in one of Tehran’s most assertive defenses of its ally yet. Iran is a key supporter of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad who is fighting a near two-year-long revolt. Tehran has already […]Continue Reading
Midway through his inaugural address, Barack Obama proclaimed, “A decade of war is now ending.” A cynical listener might respond: “And a new decade of war is about to begin.” Obama sounded pacific notes Monday. But it will be a huge surprise if he can get through four years without going to war. Military force […]Continue Reading
Two explosions tore through one of Syria’s biggest universities on the first day of student exams on Tuesday, killing at least 52 people and wounding dozens, a monitoring group said. Bloodshed has disrupted civilian life across Syria since a violent government crackdown in early 2011 on peaceful demonstrations for democratic reform turned the unrest into […]Continue Reading
“Chuck Hagel is out of the mainstream of thinking … on most issues regarding foreign policy,” says GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham. Neocon William Kristol concurs: Hagel is “out on the fringes.” But where, exactly, is the mainstream on foreign policy in 2013? Since the Bush II years, “the three amigos” — Sens. Graham, John McCain […]Continue Reading
Washington’s Blog Preface: As a patriotic American – I was born here, lived here all of my life, and love this country – I want the best for the U.S. Lawless actions are tearing my country apart. I want my country to regain its vision, strength and moral compass.Thomas Jefferson said that “Dissent is the […]Continue Reading
PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. — It seemed like a good idea at the time. After Christmas, my wife, Betsy, and I planned to head south to this lovely barrier island in the South Carolina Lowcountry. Our plan included celebrating New Year‘s quietly with as many of our kids, their kids and our friends as possible and […]Continue Reading
PM Netanyahu meets ambassadors in Jerusalem, stresses that Iran‘s nuclear ambitions are still the main threat over Israel. Netanyahu addresses ambassadors Iran‘s nuclear weapons program remains the number one threat over Israel, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Thursday. Speaking to Israeli ambassadors and consuls at the conclusion of their annual gathering in […]Continue Reading