The American people aren’t the only ones unhappy about Obama’s plan to intervene in the civil war in Syria. The U.S. has just intercepted an order form Iran militants in Iraq to attack the U.S. Embassy in the event of a strike against Syria. Maybe it’s time to rethink things…[WSJ] Taking a last minute summer […]
It’s no secret that the civil conflict in Syria isn’t PG-13. We’ve watched Syrians die from chemical attacks, rebels eat the hearts of soldiers and firing squads execute people within seconds. But the truth is, brutality has been coming from both sides in Syria. And now, the U.S. is coming under fire for the Obama […]
In the 1980s, we watched silently as Saddam Hussein killed hundreds of thousands of his own people, the ethnic Kurds, including the gassing of over 5,000 of them in the small town Halabja. In 1994, we painfully watched as the Hutus killed close to a million Tutsis in Rwanda in just 100 days and we did nothing in response. […]
UPDATE: 3:25 PM EST According to AP, Senate Foreign Relations Committee approves resolution authorizing military force in Syria with a vote of 10-7. —– Looks like President Obama is gaining some traction when it comes to the decision to use military retaliation on Syria after chemical attacks killed nearly a thousand people. Yesterday, Obama obtained congressional […]
Somebody wasn’t paying attention during yesterday’s Syria Senate hearing. While foreign policy and military officials debated on whether or not to use military force against Syria, Rep. John McCain was busy playing poker on his iPhone. A Washington Post photographer captured the moment and after being caught in the act, McCain tweeted this: Scandal! Caught playing […]
As the United States considers intervening in the Syrian civil war, Israel and the U.S. carried out a joint missile test in the Mediterranean, firing two rockets which later fell into the sea. News of the secret drill came about when the Russian defense ministry reported a radar system had detected the launch of two ‘ballistic […]
While the world waits to see if President Obama will move forward with plans to retaliate against Syria for their chemical weapon use, Syrian officials are slamming the administration. According to NBC: Meanwhile, a leading Syrian government official early Sunday leveled harsh criticism against the Obama administration which, before Saturday’s announcement to seek Congressional approval, […]
Following last weeks alleged chemical weapons strike, U.N. experts entered Syria to investigate further. Experts left Syria for neighboring Lebanon early this morning, just hours after President Barack Obama said he was considering “limited and narrow” action against the Syrian regime believed to have been behind the attack. The Huffington Post reports: “An Associated Press […]
The verdict is in. While Britain’s Parliament voted to not move ahead with military retaliation in Syria, President Obama is prepared to continue his plans for a strike. According to the NYT: The negative vote in Britain’s Parliament was a heavy blow to Prime Minister David Cameron, who had pledged his support to Mr. Obama […]
President Obama may be teetering on the edge of whether or not to strike against Syria, but the U.K. is saying the chemical attacks that killed thousands is justification enough. British Prime Minister David Cameron had this to say during an emergency session of the House of Commons on Thursday: “…The debate on Syria is […]
Last week, U.S. spies claimed to have overheard a conversation between an official at the Syrian Ministry of Defense and a leader of the chemical weapons unit that confirmed nerve gas was used in the attack that killed more than 1,000 people in Damascus. According to Foreign Policy: Those conversations were overheard by U.S. intelligence […]
Despite a high percentage of Americans who think the U.S. shouldn’t interfere with conflict in Syria, President Obama is said to be weighing a military strike in the wake of chemical attack allegations. The strikes would be designed to serve as punishment for Syria’s use of the weapons that reportedly killed hundreds, while keeping the […]
