Sep 7, 2013 – North Korea cut it during the tension in March. This is another benchmark in resuming production operations at Kaesong. … The formation of multiple "tracks" is a cottage industry in diplomacy with North Korea. … Iran-US-Iraq: The Wall Street Journal and other news outlets reported on Thursday that the US intercepted an order from an Iranian…

Sep 6, 2013 – Obama, officials said, is now determined to put more emphasis on the “degrade” part of what the administration has said is the goal … One of the implicit assumptions throughout much of the Syria debate is that the US would strike, the Assad regime would sustain a blow … Iran may also target US Naval vessels, just as pro-Assad Vladimir Putin's Navy arrives in the neighborhood. …

Sep 6, 2013 – "The president is not asking you to go to war," Secretary of State John Kerry told Congress. … The buck stopped with Truman. For Obama, the buck is kryptonite. … is on the line.…

Sep 5, 2013 – One of the top reasons for 'doing nothing' in Syria is important is because the Muslim Brotherhood is this century's Nazi Party.  … What the Qataris especially want to see is the Muslim Brotherhood in control of Syria, but also Libya, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, and Turkey … Iran is our sworn enemy and hates the Brotherhood, and the Brotherhood hates them as well as us. …

Sep 5, 2013 – While America is preparing to conduct limited strikes in Syria (with no intention of toppling the current regime, building a friendly … While US troops are expected to be reduced to 34,000 by 2014, the Taliban is slowly recovering the ground that is more-or-less abandoned … And so are the rest of us.…

Sep 5, 2013 – He said the first and the greatest danger is that the situation will explode into a regional war. … As long as the US does not comply with or listen to the UN, we should not be reassured." … Syria, should the US attack Syria, to the extent it is able.…

Sep 4, 2013 – world laughs at us. … Not even close -- but may we ask why Kerry sneered at the war that removed such a monster as Hussein? … At this point, Assad is at least 49,000 dead bodies short of the good cause the Iraq War was, even if chemical weapons had been the…

Sep 3, 2013 – During the Cold War, America used to semi-regularly ally itself with some rather unsavory leaders and groups. … In other words, both sides are bad guys, but this bad guy would work with us instead of the Soviets. … Could they retaliate against us with terrorist attacks? That's certainly possible. Will they go after Israel to get at us?…

Sep 1, 2013 – What is it with liberals and the Koch brothers anyway? You guys are obsessed with them. … Today the Dow is at only 14,810. And Obama's term hasn't ended yet. … with Iran since the late 1970s?…

Aug 31, 2013 – The third interest of the US and its allies that is threatened by the war in Syria is to prevent Iran, Russia or al-Qaida from … Whereas the war going on in Syria pits jihadists against jihadists, the war that concerns the US and its allies is the war the … And Iran is the epicenter of that war.…

Aug 30, 2013 – “I believe it is important to discuss -- as President Obama does -- this with the American people,” he said. … mentioned Iran) would feel “emboldened” in the absence of action to pursue nuclear weapons with “impunity.” … “The American people are tired of war. Believe me, I am too,” he said with a sigh.…

Aug 29, 2013 – That is the lesson of Iraq's use of such weapons at Hallabjah against the Kurds and later against the Iranians. … As for ripple effects, Iran is so heavily invested in the survival of the government in Syria that US and NATO planners must plan … That means the feel-good notion of a coalition of the willing is actually a cover term for US military operations with minimal NATO…

Sep 14, 2013 – Not that George Orwell predicted any of this, like the part about being constantly at war, hurling missiles at other countries in a … The president who said he was elected to bring us peace, has brought us more war, and losing war at that. … At the same time, the number of independents who think the country is more respected fell to just 9 percent, down from 27 percent.…

Sep 14, 2013 – But the American people would have none of it, so now not even the Democrats are fully on board with Obama’s attempt to drag us into … It is Putin who is assisting Iran, likely the leading terrorist state in the world, with its nuclear weapons program while promising … When Putin is the man on the white horse riding in to save the day, it’s probably time to start looking for the four horsemen of the…

Sep 13, 2013 – At the end of his speech, Mr. … Syria is negotiating not with the U.S. or the UN, but with one of its strongest allies: Russia. … That means the United States is seen as, at best, tired and bewildered.…

Sep 12, 2013 – with the news in the last few days. … At this point there is no simple answer in Syria although the nation has made it clear they want no part of that civil war. … On the other hand I think there are simple answers to the quagmire of the US economy that begins with a less tyrannical approach and…

Sep 12, 2013 – But that is mainly in American eyes, looking at the American government. That is not how foreigners see the US. … Nobody outside of some people in the US makes the mistake of thinking the US is weak. … That is how others look at the US in the NightWatch experience.…

Sep 11, 2013 – of the war." … With British and American help, the shah's choice was installed as prime minister, and a friendly government ruled Iran. … The Iraq War turned every Middle Eastern despot into President Bush's bitch. But now Obama is their bitch.…

Sep 11, 2013 – Obama reversed course on congressional authorization at the last minute, after a private chat with his chief of staff, and to the surprise … WMDs in the middle of a civil war is essentially impossible.   … Even as they're threatening us, blowing kisses at Iran, and obstructing any meaningful action at the Security Council?  …

Sep 11, 2013 – Libya is collapsing into lawlessness and ruin, and Iran is edging closer to the nuclear threshold. … conflict is the most critical issue." … It is equally delusional to argue that a "two-state solution" is the way to settle that conflict — that the key to peace is for Israel…

Sep 11, 2013 – VDH is of course an accomplished historian, and the prediction he lays out at the end of our conversation is very, very sobering: … What’s the purpose? What’s the methodology? Is it commiserate with a purpose, and what’s the outcome? … Poor Martin Dempsey, the man who’s going to lead us, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, his problem is he’s an honest man and he can…

Sep 11, 2013 – Not that George Orwell predicted any of this, like the part about being constantly at war, hurling missiles at other countries in a … The president who said he was elected to bring us peace, has brought us more war, and losing war at that. … At the same time, the number of independents who think the country is more respected fell to just 9 percent, down from 27 percent.…

Sep 10, 2013 – Comment:This is the sixth large landing ship that Russia has deployed to the Syrian coast. … Russia does not want a naval engagement with the US, but might not be averse to a non-shooting confrontation. … The inclusion of Adana in the order provides a little insight into the US war plan.…

Sep 10, 2013 – Given our experience with Iran and Iraq -- and the increased likelihood that growing instability in Afghanistan, Libya, possibly Egypt … The Middle East is imploding and if the U.S. continues with the fiction that it can make things better, or that freedom "is the hope … The war we are in has less to do with Syria than with transnational forces like the Muslim Brotherhood and al-Qaida.…

Sep 10, 2013 – Where in the world is America, as Syria descends into utter carnage? This is the question nations are asking of us. … By now Obama should have exerted his executive power under the War Powers Resolution, which gives the president the authority to take … This is the presidency of Barack Obama.…