Nov 1, 2013 – Maybe Obama is telling Netanyahu that if he fails to keep faith with the fake talks, Obama will tip Iran off to an impending Israeli … assessment that Israel’s strategic alliance with the US is unbreakable. … But then again, Obama’s weakening of the US alliance with Israel – and with Saudi Arabia and Egypt – is well-known.…

Oct 29, 2013 – The price of peace, it seems-- at least the Nobel variety of peace that Obama brings—is humiliation and decay; a dislodgement of American … In the Middle East you need a scorecard to tell which bad guys the US is supporting on which battlefield because it varies from day-to-day … And picking amongst the evils that we face, the brand of Islam that the Saudis represent is preferable to the brand of Islam that Iran…

Oct 28, 2013 – The president's assurance may prove as solid as his grammar, but at least he's acknowledged the mess Obamacare is in. … At the moment, as he tries to explain away Obamacare's more-than-technical failures, our president is showing an almost Republican … The fault here may lie not with one party or the other, or even both, but with our species, which is given to pride -- the kind that…

Nov 16, 2013 – According to the press accounts, Afghan and US sources claimed the truck belonged to the Haqqani network which is responsible for almost … The formation of trained reserves is a contingency military preparation only required in anticipation of war at some time in the future … Egypt was considering replacing the US with Russia, as its major military benefactor.…

Nov 15, 2013 – The developments in the six-party nuclear talks with Iran in Geneva last week signaled the end of American world leadership. … Even without the deal, the US paid the price of appeasing Iran and surrendering leadership of the free world to France and Israel. … The third interest was an essential foundation of US deterrence of the Soviets during the Cold War, and of the Chinese over the past…

Nov 14, 2013 – Christians are certainly familiar with Jesus’ words to the woman at the well. … Can it be that salvation—at least in this temporal sense—is once more to come from the Jews? … We are forever being told that the Israelis depend on us. In truth, it is the other way around.…

Nov 14, 2013 – The United States has ridden -- and tamed -- the wild global tiger since the end of World War II. … than at any time during the immediate postwar period .That dismal fact is known to both allies and enemies who expect the U.S. military … The world now wants someone to get back on -- but is unsure about who, when, how and at what cost.…

Nov 9, 2013 – Hardline leaders often are the only ones capable of negotiating with credibility. But that is for the future. … The implications are that Iran is giving little in return for a wholesale compromise of the US' and other powers' position. … The backdrop of the article is the diluted US position in the Geneva talks with Iran.…

Nov 7, 2013 – The senator was careful not to paint all Muslims with the brush of fanaticism. … The brutality of the dictator’s response sparked a civil war that was led by nationalists — not jihadists. … Senator Paul is to be commended for speaking out about the plight of Christians in Muslim-dominated lands at a time when so many other…

Nov 7, 2013 – The current estimate of 5 trillion cubic feet (tcf) as well as some oil has a value estimated at US$800 billion, a huge sum amount … Strained relations with Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Israel, the Palestinian Authority, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and … This is where the brutal civil war underway in Syria, just 70 miles (110 km) away, enters the equation.…

Nov 26, 2013 – At best, the deal is a time-out that greatly advantages Iran. … Anxiety in the Persian Gulf, seemingly at a perpetual fever pitch, is once again on the rise with renewed expectations that the Geneva … Indeed, the White House now insists this preliminary, short-term deal with Iran is a path to a "more secure world".…

Nov 26, 2013 – , the consequences of which will travel far with us along our road. – Winston S. … “A Sunni-Shiite war is brewing across the region with the U.S.' … At the same time the U.S. is relinquishing its role in the Middle East to Russia much to the consternation of Saudi Arabia and Israel…

Nov 25, 2013 – It isn’t surprising that the US and the other five powers signed a deal with Iran on Saturday. … With the US and its allies far more eager to reach an accord with Iran on its illicit nuclear weapons program than Iran was, it was … The US has also weakened Israel’s capacity to take steps short of war to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear weapons possessing state…

Nov 24, 2013 – The story is that North Korean security authorities took into custody an 85-year old US Korean War veteran from a passenger aircraft … The man is a pawn whose purpose is to draw US attention away from Iran, Afghanistan, Israel and Syria and back to North Korea. … For the world powers, a major issue is consistency. Iran is exploiting the recent weakening of the US position.…

Nov 23, 2013 – What’s at stake is the thin veneer of civility-- perhaps the last civility left in our Republic-- that allows consensus to built even … Long live the tyrannies of the Majority... with nukes! … While the rest of us worried about Iran going nuclear, Obama went nuclear instead.…

Nov 21, 2013 – And they vehemently oppose a new sanctions bill that passed in the House — with strong bipartisan support — and is now stalled in the … to the Mideast equivalent of ending the Cold War with the Soviet Union.” … Friedman goes on to impugn the motives of those concerned that Iran is about to defeat America at the negotiating table — just as North…

Dec 5, 2014 – Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran: The presidents of Iran, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan attended a ceremony at Etrek on the Iran-Turkmenistan … The line is 1520mm-gauge as far as Etrek, with the Iranian section of the route being standard gauge. … According to the professional railroad blogs, this is Kazakhstan's first direct rail link to Iran and, ultimately, the Persian Gulf…

Dec 4, 2014 – The US and several other nations have been in “talks” in hopes of negotiating with Iran to stop its nuclear program in exchange for … Even if Iran were to agree to something, there is virtually no chance that the Mullahcracy will keep its promise when they are so close … If Congress funds Patriot modernization, it would be taking concrete steps to counter Iran and at the same time make sure a proven…

Dec 3, 2014 – The problem, of course, is the spread of jihadism throughout the Middle East, North Africa and beyond. … of Syria and Iraq into killing fields; the Islamic Republic of Iran, still ranked by the US government as the world’s leading sponsor … Stolen oil is moving in the other direction, sold to raise cash for the IS. Inside Turkey, as well, Mr. Schanzer and Ms.…

Dec 2, 2014 – Damascus is a longtime partner of Moscow’s, going back to the Cold War. … with the Medvedev-Putin regime, the approach came across as weakness, a major fault in dealing with the Russians who, more than anything … Indeed, weakness is the last thing you want to show when dealing with a foreign leader like Putin, who prides himself on being the…

Dec 2, 2014 – However, the pace of this sell-off is mind-boggling.  … Experts say the goal is to derail the US fracing miracle; others say our Saudi friends are helping America humble the Russian bear, … On Friday, Stephen Schork of The Schork Report shared his theory with me on how Sunni Saudi is looking to punish Shia Iran.…

Nov 29, 2014 – For the liberal (progressive) history and politics are relative; America is no more exceptional than Russia, Iran, or the Palestinian … What is lost on the irrational left is that it is a naturally occurring substance. … It is the terror of tyranny and the guarantor of the civil society’s liberty.…

Dec 16, 2014 – But with Iran, the mullahs have made War-War while engaging us in Jaw-Jaw. They have played us along with these nuclear talks. … I met and talked with her for the first time this past June in Paris. This extended transcript is worth the time to study. … The slogan chanted by millions of Iranians during the 2009 uprisings is still relevant today: "Obama, you are either with the mullahs…

Dec 15, 2014 – It is the first trip there for the Carsons and it is truly a privilege to escort them through this remarkable country. … of the many complex forces at play in the Middle East. … Perched along Israel’s border with Lebanon is Hezbollah, a terrorist organization supported spiritually and financially the Islamic…

Dec 10, 2014 – Ted Cruz (R-TX) spoke at the 9th Margaret Thatcher Freedom Lecture at the Heritage Foundation. … “One of the sad legacies we’ve seen over the last six years is the fraying of friendships and alliances across the world,” he continued … “Today, the consequences of the Obama/Clinton foreign policy is that our friends no longer trust us and our enemies no longer fear…