Results for: is the us at war with iran

Defeating the Mortal Enemies
https://townhall.com/columnists/cliffmay/2015/07/29/draft-n2031918
– Spokesmen for the Islamic Republic of Iran display their smiling faces for the cameras and know which forks to use at elegant Viennese … A few years ago we understood that this episode represented “the first battle in America’s war with militant Islam” – the subtitle … the “House of War.”…
Throwing The Kurds Under The Bus
https://townhall.com/columnists/jimhanson/2015/07/29/throwing-the-kurds-under-the-bus-n2031873
The problem is Kurdistan would include parts of Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Iran. … One of the reasons given to lift the conventional arms embargo on Iran in the proposed nuclear deal was they were helping us in theIran is our enemy, Turkey is a partner we need to keep a close eye on and the Kurds are presently our ally.…
Huckabee: Iran Deal Could Initiate Another Jewish Holocaust
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/danieldoherty/2015/07/27/huckabee-iran-deal-comments-n2030778
– This is the most idiotic thing, this Iran deal. … Huckabee could have made that exact same point — i.e., that the Iran accord jeopardizes the national security of the US and therefore … At the same time (and as the ADL points out) he also inadvertently implied that the Jewish state is completely and totally helpless…
War Weary America? Iran’s Counting on It!
https://townhall.com/columnists/dwwilber/2015/07/27/war-weary-america-irans-counting-on-it-n2030299
– One hundred sixteen years is a long time to fight a war. … Bush standing on a pile of smoldering rubble in New York City back in 2001, telling us at the time that we were engaged in a war unlike … The Islamic Republic of Iran, at war with the United States since 1979, also received the same message from Barack Obama and has since…
How and Why to Kill the Deal
https://townhall.com/columnists/carolineglick/2015/07/25/how-and-why-to-kill-the-deal-n2030357
– If Iran remains a threat, the deal bars the US from taking any steps to counter it aside from all-out war. … from doing business with the US. … The devil in Obama’s deal with Iran is not in the mind-numbing details, but in the big picture.…
History Shows that Iran Nuclear Deal is a Bad Deal
https://townhall.com/columnists/kenblackwell/2015/07/23/history-shows-that-iran-nuclear-deal-is-a-bad-deal-n2029004
The verdict is yet to be determined on the Iran agreement. But the North Korea experience is a good reason for concern. … Even if one accepts the administration’s arguments at face value, the issue is very simple: All the administration has done is kick … What is at the stake is the future of our nation, the Iranians and the region.…
A Telling Comparison
https://townhall.com/columnists/allenwest/2015/07/21/a-telling-comparison-n2028528
– On June 17th, a racist sociopath sat with congregants at the Emanuel AME Church during Bible study. … This is Chicago, where the mayor is the former Chief of Staff of President Obama. … Sadly, the President fails to realize that we have had war declared against us by Iran since 1979.…
A Historic Catastrophe
https://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2015/07/21/a-historic-catastrophe-n2027972
The United States seems at this moment about to break the record for the worst political blunder of all time, with its Obama administration … But instead it led to the peaceful conclusion of the Cold War. … nuclear bombs is war ignore the fact that Israel bombed Saddam Hussein's nuclear facilities, and Iraq did not declare war.…
A Mideast Game of Thrones
https://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2015/07/21/a-mideast-game-of-thrones-n2027873
The Iran nuclear deal is not on the same geostrategic level. … -Iran rapprochement is a diplomatic disaster. Which brings us to a fundamental question of the Middle East. Is the U.S. … Neither wants all-out war with the other.…
Don’t Vote for Donald Trump…If
https://townhall.com/columnists/wayneallynroot/2015/07/21/dont-vote-for-donald-trumpif-n2027854
– Incidentally, if the Fed’s prediction of 1.9% GDP growth for 2015 is correct, Obama will be the first president in history with 7 straight … I wouldn’t doubt the only reason Hillary is supporting Obama’s terrible Iran deal is that he threatened to open DOJ and IRS criminal … The treaty with Iran is the worst in U.S. history. Our debt threatens to destroy our children's future.…
Iran Agreement Boosts Peace, Defeats Neocons
https://townhall.com/columnists/ronpaul/2015/07/20/untitled-n2027828
The agreement has reduced the chance of a U.S. attack on Iran, which is a great development. … It is that the elimination of sanctions, which are an act of war, will open up opportunities for trade with Iran. … This obsession with Iran is bewildering.…
Kerry: Major Concessions in Deal Were 'Thrown in as Add-ons' for Iran
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2015/07/20/poll-americans-deeply-suspicious-of-iran-as-wh-sells-deal-n2027477
At the same time, 68 percent are concerned the White House has been so eager to get a deal that economic sanctions against Iran are … Obama’s false choice of war and diplomacy, the truth is that war becomes less likely when diplomacy is accompanied by the credible … The President removed that credible threat from Iran by insisting war was the only (bad) alternative to his diplomacy, as well as by…
Obama’s America Continues to be Mugged by Reality (Part IV)
https://townhall.com/columnists/larrykelley/2014/10/14/obamas-america-continues-to-be-mugged-by-reality-part-iv-n1904739
– For longtime followers of the region this is startling development. Also the UK has contributed its airpower to the war on ISIS. … …Iran is surrounded by its own mostly Sunni minority regions, Kurdistan in the Northwest, Azeris in the North, Arabs in the Southwest … Many in the crowd were heard to chant, “Obama are you with us?”…
Secularism Declares Open War on Religious Faith
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbrown/2014/10/26/draft-n1909641
– Tatchell issued a “call on people everywhere to stand with us to establish an international front against the religious-Right and for … As the manifesto declares in its opening line, “The launch of the Manifesto for Secularism is a challenge to the global rise of the … “We call on people everywhere,” the manifesto declares, “to stand with us to establish an international front against the religious-Right…
It's War and Peace, Stupid
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnransom/2014/10/22/its-war-and-peace-stupid-n1908127
– But at least Obama is persistent in his failures. … As it is for ourselves too. The question today is one of war or peace. … As our country deals with issues of war and dishonor, we should at least be determined to win the wars that threaten us.…
Iran Nuclear Talks Like Bargaining With the Devil
https://townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/2014/11/06/iran-nuclear-talks-like-bargaining-with-the-devil-n1914894
– Having missed a July deadline for reaching an agreement with Iran over its nuclear program, the six world powers party to the talks … of the Iraq war. ... … The problem with the West's attitude toward Iran is that it refuses to take seriously the messianic statements driving Iran's foreign…
The U.S. Goes to War Without a Clue, Again
https://townhall.com/columnists/stevechapman/2014/11/06/the-us-goes-to-war-without-a-clue-again-n1914762
The U.S. fought a war against Iraq, and the winner was Iran. … The war on Islamic State is even more rife with uncertainty, because so many of its enemies are our enemies. … For that matter, the U.S. air war is the best recruiting tool Islamic State ever had.…
Against Obama, But for What?
https://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2014/11/04/against-obama-but-for-what-n1913701
– Does the country really want a clash with Iran over its nuclear enrichment program? … If so, the GOP should return to Washington and in the lame-duck session authorize Obama to take us to war with the Islamic State. … At its core the Republican Party is socially conservative, a family values party.…
Flailing Aimlessly on Iran
https://townhall.com/columnists/dwwilber/2014/11/02/flailing-aimlessly-on-iran-n1913062
– As the leadership in Iran continues to thumb their collective noses at the world community and the United States in particular, the … Can you really negotiate with someone who is willing to accept their own martyrdom as the very means necessary to bring about the return … Iran has been waging a war against the United States for over thirty years.…
We drove Saddam’s Yellowcake to Baghdad Airport
https://townhall.com/columnists/carterandress/2014/11/01/we-drove-saddams-yellowcake-to-baghdad-airport-n1912824
– That’s an enormous quantity even if evidently left over from the 1980s Iran-Iraq War. … The leader of the neo-Saddamists allied now with ISIS is Izzat al-Douri, a former Iraqi army general and last member of the senior … Much of the area where the “antique,” yet still potentially potent chemical weapons discovered by US forces is now in the hands of…
Flailing Aimlessly on Iran
https://townhall.com/columnists/dwwilber/2014/11/01/flailing-aimlessly-on-iran-n1912810
– As the leadership in Iran continues to thumb their collective noses at the world community and the United States in particular, the … Can you really negotiate with someone who is willing to accept their own martyrdom as the very means necessary to bring about the return … Iran has been waging a war against the United States for over thirty years.…
Terrorism & 'The True Believer'
https://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2014/10/28/terrorism--the-true-believer-n1910615
The ideal devil is a foreigner." … The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless." … Moreover, in waging war against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, we are not only sheltering the Shia Crescent of Iran and Hezbollah, we are…
The Oil Weapon in America's Hands
https://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2014/11/14/the-oil-weapon-in-americas-hands-n1918458
Iran is almost wholly dependent upon oil sales for hard currency. Russia is the oil and gas supplier for much of Europe. … Are the Saudis out to cripple us with an oil glut? … We should allow the export of oil from the United States to enable us to cope with OPEC cutbacks.…
Indifference Vs. Making a Difference
https://townhall.com/columnists/kathrynlopez/2014/11/08/indifference-vs-making-a-difference-n1915830
At a recent conference on the plight of Christians in the Middle East sponsored by the Napa Institute, Siobhan Nash-Marshall, a philosophy … He's blind, a casualty of the Iran-Iraq war, and is now living in a tent outside a church, dependent upon others to help him navigate … A Vermont priest with no particular skill set for such things, he sold 15,000 bracelets, lapel pins and zipper pulls adorned with the
The Rise of the Islamic State
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2014/11/07/the-rise-of-the-islamic-state-n1914583
– After teaming up with the Americans in what is famously known as the Awakening campaign, AQI’s cadre of foreign fighters were all but … If we look at public discourse on which group is winning the war to become the jihadi superpower, it appears the wind is blowing in … In the near term, at least, Gartenstein-Ross says that the likelihood of a 9/11-style attack in the U.S. from the group is low, although…
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