“This was use on the part of the opposition, the rebels, not by the government authorities,” she added, speaking in Italian. [Reuters] WHATEVER “bind” President Obama was wrongly judged to be in over his “red line” comments on chemical weapons has quickly subsided with the news about the Syrian rebels. U.N. inspectors revealing that anti-Assad [...]
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Syria: Israeli Airstrikes “Declaration of War”
*UPDATED BELOW* WHAT’S escalating this weekend with Israeli airstrikes inside Syria started with the announcement from Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel that chemical weapons had been used by Bashar Assad, though the Administration didn’t have specifics. The Israeli airstrikes led Syria to make provocative statements on Sunday. In an exclusive interview with CNN hours after [...]
Israel Launches Airstrikes Inside Syria *Update – Video*
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Israeli warplanes launched airstrikes against targets inside Syria on Friday, U.S. officials told NBC News. It’s believed the primary target was a shipment of weapons headed for Hezbollah in Lebanon, they said. A senior U.S. official said the airstrikes were believed to be [...]
Israeli Police Detain Women for Worshiping at Western Wall
IF THERE is anything more authoritarian than refusing women the right to worship equal to men, I haven’t read it. Organized religions of all faiths have been the structure for ancient society. However, it’s now the 21st century modern era, so with this things must change. The latest story is more evidence of the ultra-Orthodox [...]
Hillary’s Mark Penn Question Answers Itself
The question for someone considering whether or not to support Clinton in 2016 is, will a Clinton 2016 campaign pass the Mark Penn Test? The Mark Penn Test, which I just invented, determines whether or not a person should be trusted with the presidency, based solely on one criterion: Whether or not they pay Mark [...]
Obama in the Middle East, aka “Operation Desert Schmooze” [Photobomb - Video]
… Any serious analysis of Obama’s policies must begin with his pragmatism. That’s how he functioned throughout his political career, and especially over the last four years. Despite his vision of change, he is a realist to the core. He sounds like an idealist but leads pragmatically. [...] Be that as it may, Obama’s visit [...]
Miss Israel: Obama “World-Class Hunk”
When asked in an interview in Israel whether she was worried that Michelle Obama would be “jealous” when the president met Miss Israel, the beauty queen dismissed the question. “No, I am not worried,” she said with a laugh. “She is a beautiful woman and she looks like a model, really… I don’t think she [...]
Top Story — Netanyahu and Obama Agree, Israel’s Right to Self-Defense is Sacrosanct, Meets with Abbas *Updates*
“Netanyahu has been able to get a bump every time he says no to the president. When he upbraided him in the Oval Office, he got a 10 percent rise in the Israeli public opinion. That is unheard of,” said Martin Indyk, Bill Clinton’s ambassador to Israel, during a roundtable discussion in Washington last week. [...]
Obama in Israel [Full Text - Video] *Updated*
Note: Jib-Jabbish video above comes from the Israel embassy and is not a gag, tweeted by Chuck Todd, who’s getting teased during a news conference for posing four questions to President Obama. Trending on Twitter: #ChuckToddQuestions. PRESIDENT OBAMA has arrived, with Anthony Lake adding some color. The small talk started earlier in the day, when [...]
What Will Hagel McCarthyites Ted Cruz and Jennifer Rubin Do Next?
All of this is doubly concerning since the report from Rutgers. Contemporaneous notes recorded his words, and now Hagel can’t say definitively that he didn’t say them. Meanwhile, after a slumber, two major liberal Jewish organizations, the Anti-Discrimination League and the American Jewish Committee, have perked up. Gosh, if true, this is really bad stuff, [...]
Tea Partier Ted Cruz Plays Sean Hannity and It Turns Into a Train Wreck
THIS IS what happens when a Tea Party politician listens to too much wingnut radio, then tries to mimic one of the hosts. It ends up in a train wreck, which certainly was the case with Senator Ted Cruz when he tried to corner Chuck Hagel, but ended up causing a mess for himself. Hagel [...]
Top Story — The Incredible Shrinking Stature of John McCain
“One can’t doubt that the American objective in Iraq has failed. .. Our mission has failed…” – William F. Buckley “You’re on the wrong side of it, and your refusal to answer whether you were right or wrong on it is going to have an impact on my judgment on whether to vote for your [...]
Chuck Hagel Confirmation
STARTING OFF today listening to Senator Jim Inhoffe, all I could wonder is how anyone could trust someone like him with our foreign policy. His insulting diatribe against Hagel was a very low point for Senate speak. Buzzfeed has an incredible article about Chuck Hagel and the course he taught at Georgetown. It says more [...]
Israel Warplanes Strike Inside Syria [Video]
Watch Israeli Warplanes Strike Weapons Convoy in Syria on PBS. See more from PBS NewsHour. THE PBS News Hour report with Margaret Warner above will give you the best idea of what happened. There has been analysis, including some quoted at the Council of Foreign Relations, that Assad falling would make things more difficult for [...]
Israel’s Upcoming “Seinfeld Election”
Thanks.“@taylormarsh: What are Israeli elections about? “It’s a Seinfeld election,” it’s about nothing; political “awakening” in next 2 yrs — Alon Pinkas (@AlonPinkas) January 7, 2013 THE ISRAELI elections are on January 22 and there’s a consensus running through the discussion on what’s at stake. Analysts across the board are saying they’re about nothing. The [...]
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