Results for: is the us at war with iran

Rubbing Our Noses in His Victory and Radicalism
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidlimbaugh/2013/01/11/rubbing-our-noses-in-his-victory-and-radicalism-n1486546
– He got away with that, so why not try the same thing with guns? … Environmental Protection Agency is at war with conventional energy producers and is using its unchecked regulatory power as a weapon … He calls Jerusalem "Al-Quds," its Arabic name.Obama may not believe we're at war with terrorists, but he's firmly at war with Republicans…
Is Hagel out of the Mainstream?
https://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2013/01/11/is-hagel-out-of-the-mainstream-n1486742
– Those were the days of bipartisan votes for war, of "either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists," of our goal being "to … If the amigos believe that intervening in Syria and war with Iran are essential to the national security, they should continue to say … with Anwar Sadat and Hafez Assad, who had launched the war?…
Ferocious, Weak and Crazy: The North Korean Strategy
https://townhall.com/columnists/georgefriedman/2013/01/30/ferocious-weak-and-crazy-the-north-korean-strategy-n1500644
– go to war at the slightest provocation. … Iran is the best pupil. … It is a sound strategy, and for North Korea and Iran, for the time being at least, it has worked.    …
A Call to Conscience
https://townhall.com/columnists/kenconnor/2013/01/30/a-call-to-conscience-n1500343
– In the world of Barack Obama, George Clooney, Bob Schieffer and those like them, it is the folks at Planned Parenthood and the Human … There is a war on for the soul of America, and the growing perception is that it's the Christian remnants who are wearing the black … So the question to Christians across the country is, are we willing to speak up?…
Clouds Over Obama's Second Term
https://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2013/01/22/clouds-over-obamas-second-term-n1493909
The hopeful news is that, after four years, the U.S. economy appears to be recovering. … With its massive creation of money, the Federal Reserve is taking an immense risk that as recovery takes root, inflation may explode … But it is abroad where the problems and perils seem imminent. Iraq is drifting toward sectarian-civil-ethnic war.…
Iran Rejects Biden's Offer for Direct Talks
https://townhall.com/columnists/nightwatch/2013/02/09/iran-rejects-bidens-offer-for-direct-talks-n1508492
– In a meeting with air force commanders, Khamenei said, "You (i.e., the US) take up arms against the nation of Iran and say: 'negotiate … During a press conference in Egypt, Iranian President Ahmadi-Nejad also said that Iran cannot hold meaningful talks with the US about … the nuclear program if Washington is threatening his country Comment: Khamenei is the top decision maker in Iran and is the person…
North Korea Promises More than A Nuclear Test
https://townhall.com/columnists/nightwatch/2013/02/08/north-korea-promises-more-than-a-nuclear-test-n1507625
– Other South Korean experts judge that 12 February is the most probable date because that is the date the US President will deliver … The timing of the past two tests had nothing to do with the US observances. … The range of provocative actions is too large and the North's interpretation of what might impress the US is too distorted for an educated…
North Korean Nuclear Test is Imminent
https://townhall.com/columnists/nightwatch/2013/02/06/north-korean-nuclear-test-is-imminent-n1505823
the UN and the US. … Indoctrination is part of the North Korean way of life, which involves daily formal and informal instruction of the party leaders at … It is now in the hands of the regime."…
The Wrong Man for Defense Secretary
https://townhall.com/columnists/phyllisschlafly/2013/02/05/the-wrong-man-for-defense-secretary-n1504813
– "reciprocal presidential directives" (Obama is a specialist at issuing unilateral directives).Here are a couple of the really silly … It is a big backer of the Connect U.S. … a time when North Korea is threatening our allies with nuclear capabilities, and Iran continues to pursue a nuclear weapon and the
A Popular Secretary of State, Not a Great One
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffjacoby/2013/02/03/a-popular-secretary-of-state-not-a-great-one-n1504173
– "I think that when we look at the outstanding secretaries of state in our history of our country you will be right up there at the … of state who is now a vice president at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, "she hasn't really left a mark." … Ditto US policy toward Iran, which continues its pursuit of the bomb.…
Mr. President: Chuck Hagel!
https://townhall.com/columnists/kenblackwell/2013/02/01/mr-president-chuck-hagel-n1503242
– He did not—as he had just testified under oath—support the president’s containment policy toward an Iran with nuclear weapons. … The Pentagon is a huge bureaucracy. … The first duty of the President of the United States is to safeguard the American people and our Constitution.…
The Consequences of Intervening in Syria
https://townhall.com/columnists/stewartscott/2013/02/01/the-consequences-of-intervening-in-syria-n1502417
– It is not unusual for Syrian fighters to say something akin to, "What has the West done for us? We now have only God." … The Saudi Gambit Despite the jihadist blowback the Saudis experienced after the end of the war against the Soviets in Afghanistan … The Consequences of Intervening in Syria is republished with permission of Stratfor.…
Arms Race in Korea
https://townhall.com/columnists/nightwatch/2013/02/15/arms-race-in-korea-n1512580
the peninsula, in other words, to hold the populations of South Korea, Japan and lately Guam or possibly part of the western US at … "The main purpose of the nuclear test this time is to show our army and people's surging indignation at the United States' brigandish … The Foreign Ministry said in the statement that it is the firm stand of the Chinese side to bring about denuclearization of the Korean…
5 Things Americans Shouldn't Take for Granted
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2013/02/12/5-things-americans-shouldnt-take-for-granted-n1510351
– Imagine a couple of very plausible scenarios occurring at the same time — perhaps a war between Israel and Iran along with a civil … Flintstones. 2) We shouldn't take our republic for granted: At a venerable 237 years old age, the United States is the world's … Today, that number is at $27,554.…
Where is the Left's Uproar Over Obama's Secret Warmongering Drone Policy?
https://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2013/02/11/w…uproar-over-obamas-secret-warmongering-drone-policy-n1509463
– Yet Obama no longer uses the phrase “war on terror.” Is there an indefinite war that began with 9/11 or not? … Congress is granted the power by the U.S. Constitution to declare war. … The threat is real. We need to be firm — and I’m fine with the use of drones.…
Congressional Hearings Show Obama Treading Dangerous Global Path
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2013/02/11/con…hearings-show-obama-treading-dangerous-global-path-n1508660
– This is a vivid contrast with those photos we've seen of the president and his leading advisers watching the video of the attack on … Most incoming secretaries of defense in the last 40 years have had extensive experience in the Pentagon, at the White House or on the … Michael Barone, senior political analyst for The Washington Examiner (www.washingtonexaminer.com), is a resident fellow at the American…
The Sanctions Paradox
https://townhall.com/columnists/cliffmay/2013/02/28/the-sanctions-paradox-n1522809
– Two points are vital to understanding the sanctions being imposed on Iran: They are unlikely to succeed — if success is defined as … Let us count the ways. 1. … The ongoing debate over sanctions usefully focuses public attention on the fact that Iran is ruled by a uniquely dangerous and oppressive…
Cut Commitments, Not Muscle
https://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2013/02/22/cut-commitments-not-muscle-n1517608
The Cold War is over. The Soviet Union is gone. … Before we decide what our defense forces should be, let us determine what is in the U.S. vital interest to defend at risk of war. … crowd that plunged us into Iraq and is bawling for intervention in Syria and war on Iran.…
Just Asking - About Public Topics Near and Far
https://townhall.com/columnists/rossmackenzie/2010/06/10/just_asking_-_about_public_topics_near_and_far
– -- Indeed, does the Obama administration know who our enemies are -- given that (a) a war formerly known as "The Long War" and "Theat the altar of dubious social policy? … "Any health care funding plan that is just, equitable, civilized, and humane must redistribute wealth from the richer among us to the
Alternatives to Surrender.
https://townhall.com/columnists/carolineglick/2010/06/29/alternatives_to_surrender
– And not only is it going in the wrong direction, it is doing so at Gilad Schalit's expense. … The government is acting with similar madness in its relations with the Obama administration. … loyal to the US-Israel alliance and that the Republicans are wrong to claim that there is a difference between the two major US political…
Saving Obama From Himself
https://townhall.com/columnists/victordavishanson/2010/06/24/saving_obama_from_himself
– Or earlier pontificating at the Victory Monument in Berlin? … But now the once-enthralled electorate is starting to tire of the hope-and-change platitudes, and even of the easy blame-gaming of … The reality of Barack Obama is that he was an inexperienced community organizer with an undistinguished record as a Senate newcomer…
The High Price of Coalition Stability
https://townhall.com/columnists/carolineglick/2010/06/22/the_high_price_of_coalition_stability
– Barak is also the deep strategic thinker who brought us the Palestinian terror war. … statehood; to accept US mediated indirect negotiations with Fatah; and to pretend that the Obama administration is a credible ally … He also knows that the US president is not going to do a thing to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power.…
Weathering the Approaching Storm
https://townhall.com/columnists/carolineglick/2010/06/21/weathering_the_approaching_storm
– among them while ignoring the emerging threats with the potential to lead us to great calamities. … While in all likelihood today the Iranian opposition green movement is unable to overthrow the regime, if Iran initiates a war against … The longer term lesson of the Mavi Marmara incident, and the threats that emerged in its wake is that war is too serious a subject…
Why Don't You Get It, Or Do You Get It Too Well?
https://townhall.com/columnists/rossmackenzie/2010/07/09/why_dont_you_get_it,_or_do_you_get_it_too_well
– This is, as I have said memorably, "the war that has to be won." On dealing with insurgencies, Petraeus wrote the book. … Government by the worst men, sir....And the inability of you and the esteemed secretary of state to get the Chinese to agree with us … I hope you're not laughing at the great Paul Krugman and the great me and our policies to spend and tax to get us out of this mess.…
Is Democracy Overrated?
https://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2010/07/09/is_democracy_overrated
– During our war with Mexico, the Brits were on their side, not ours. … During our Civil War, Tsar Alexander I wished us well, while the British wanted to see the United States permanently divided and weakened … Patrick Buchanan is the author of the book "Churchill, Hitler and 'The Unnecessary War."…
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