If he was as classless as some occupants of the Oval Office we’ve known, George W. Bush could now be on Fox reminding us of how he thought Saddam had shipped his chemical weapons to Syria. (Unfortunately I cannot recall how to spell Saddam’s last name, but I distinctly remember it is spelled the same […] Continue reading → 
The United Nations on Wednesday defended a report by U.N. chemical weapons experts that Russia has criticized as “one-sided,” saying its conclusion that rockets loaded with sarin gas were used in an August 21 attack should not be questioned. “The findings in that report are indisputable,” U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky told reporters. “They speak for […] Continue reading → 
The U.N. says its chief chemical weapons inspector has turned over his team’s report on last month’s alleged poison gas attack in Syria to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky said the report was transmitted Sunday and the secretary-general will brief a closed session of the U.N. Security Council on its contents Monday morning. […] Continue reading → 
James Lewis Obama has now sabotaged four decades of stability in the Middle East. First he pulled down the biggest pillar of peace, the Mubarak regime in Egypt; then he bombed Libya into the Dark Ages; and now he has paraded “My Army” and “My Navy” against the Assad regime in Syria, which is just […] Continue reading → 
By: Patrick J. Buchanan “It was a damn near-run thing,” said the Duke of Wellington. The Iron Duke was speaking of Waterloo. And for the United States, it was a damn near-run thing that we are not now in a major war — with an enraged Arab and Muslim world viewing sickening videos of dead […] Continue reading → 
Dear President Putin: First of all, thanks for “speaking directly to the American people” in your New York Times op-ed. I’d grown used to reading various communists in those pages, but to get a note from an actual Russian president is something special. You may be noticing that it’s not going over so well. I […] Continue reading → 
By Dan Joppich Usually, dudes like to puff and flex in an attempt to promote their manhood and manliness. Not Obama. When Obama threw down the gauntlet in front of Assad and Congress a couple weeks ago, he wasted no time showing just how serious he was by heading straight to the golf course and […] Continue reading → 
Rick Moran Of course, press secretary Carney did not use John Kerry’s characterization of the size of the military strike when he bragged to the press that his boss’s brilliant move saved the world - or something. Kerry’s words will now be forgotten and the spinmeisters at the White House and in the press, are […] Continue reading → 
Here’s advice to the members of the United States Congress as they are asked to endorse an American-led attack on the government of Syria: Start your consideration by establishing priorities, clarifying what matters most to the country. The Obama administration rightly points to two urgent matters: stopping the Iranian nuclear buildup and maintaining the security […] Continue reading → 
Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday that Syrian President Bashar Assad could resolve the crisis surrounding his purported use of chemical weapons by turning “every single bit” of his arsenal over to the international community by the end of the week. But Kerry, who joined British Foreign Secretary William Hague at a news conference […] Continue reading → 
“Take Out Syria or We Attack Iran” – Netanyahu Before It’s News – by Tom Dennen Israel’s response to Obama’s surprise move to delay or even possibly cancel air strikes made clear that connection: looking soft on Assad after accusing him of killing hundreds of people with chemical weapons may embolden his backers in Tehran […] Continue reading → 
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to Europe on Friday to court international support for a possible strike on the Syrian regime for its alleged use of chemical weapons while making calls back home to lobby Congress where the action faces an uphill battle. Kerry, the Obama administration’s chief salesman for a punitive strike, […] Continue reading → 
The State Department on Friday ordered nonessential American diplomats and the families of staffers at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut to leave Lebanon immediately due to security concerns as the Obama administration and Congress debate military strikes on neighboring Syria. The department also authorized the voluntary departure of diplomats and families at the U.S. Consulate […] Continue reading → 