THIS IS unsurprising news about turkey from Consumer Reports. It’s depressing that not even “organic” turkey is safe, though at least it doesn’t have “superbugs” that are antibiotic resistant. That’s supposed to make turkey lovers feel better? I’m now wondering if I should tell my husband, who gobbles down turkey like it was caviar, especially [...]
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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 [...]
Secretary John Kerry Sets Intense Itinerary for First Overseas Trip
SECRETARY KERRY is hitting the skies on his first overseas diplomatic mission and it’s going to be a grinding trip. From February 24 to March 6, Kerry is traveling to the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Qatar. From the State Department, some details: The Secretary travels first to London, [...]
News Desk: U.S. Embassy in Turkey Hit by Suicide Bomb.
THE REPORT comes from the Associated Press. A suspected suicide bomber detonated an explosive Friday in front of the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, killing himself and a guard at the entrance gate, officials said. U.S. Ambassador Francis Ricciardione told reporters that a Turkish citizen was also wounded in the 1:15 p.m. blast in the Turkish [...]
Clinton Conquers, Republicans Ron Johnson and Rand Paul Crushed [Video]
“I’m not sure she had rehearsed for that type of question,” Johnson told BuzzFeed Wednesday afternoon, after the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. “I think she just decided before she was going to describe emotionally the four dead Americans, the heroes, and use that as her trump card to get out of the questions. It [...]
News Desk: “Compelling Case” Syria’s Assad has Used Chemical Weapons
THE EXCLUSIVE report is from Josh Rogin at Foreign Policy: A secret State Department cable has concluded that the Syrian military likely used chemical weapons against its own people in a deadly attack last month, The Cable has learned. United States diplomats in Turkey conducted a previously undisclosed, intensive investigation into claims that Syrian President [...]
“Bittersweet” Clinton Quote, as Last Trip with Obama is Interrupted by Israeli-Gaza Violence
Sec Clinton passed through about an hour later as the pool was getting swept just off the main lobby. She cheerfully greeted the poolers and seemed in a good mood. Asked how the last trip with Potus was going, she said, “It’s been great. It’s been bittersweet, nostalgic, all the things you would expect.” [From [...]
News Desk: Syrian Jetliner Impounded by Turkey Carried Russian Military Cargo
THIS IS enough to make anyone nervous. Turkey’s confrontation with Syria spread on Thursday to include Russia, Syria’s principal military ally, when Turkey’s prime minister said Russian munitions intended for Syria’s government had been impounded from a Syrian commercial jetliner forced to land in Turkey. [...] “Upon the intelligence received, research there was conducted, and [...]
Turkey’s Parliament Authorizes Military Action in Syria
“This is the latest manifestation of a worsening situation,” said Andrew Tabler of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. “This is not the only place it is spilling over. It is spilling over into Jordan, into Lebanon. They’re shelling on a daily basis. The difference today is it’s the first time we have a [...]
News Desk: Turkey Fires on Syria After Shelling Kills 5
FROM CNN INTERNATIONAL, NATO is convening an emergency meeting. Syrian shells landed inside Turkey killing civilians, and PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan released a statement confirming that Turkey has fired on Syrian targets in retaliation. From the BBC: Turkey says it has fired artillery against targets inside Syria after Syrian shells killed five people in a [...]
Top Story: President Obama’s Address to U.N. [Full Remarks]
PRESIDENT OBAMA spoke to the United Nations today, his remarks are below. He began by talking about the assassination of Ambassador Chris Stevens, emphasizing the work he did in a country he loved. Obama went on to say that the attack in Benghazi was “an attack on America.” The President went further, saying the attack [...]
War Crimes as Strategy in Syria
IF YOU MASSACRE enough people can it keep you in power? It’s no longer a hypothetical question in Syria. Hassan Hassan, an editorial writer for UAE-based The National newspaper, ponders the question over at Foreign Policy. These bottom-up dynamics are important to explaining the situation on the ground. Rank-and-file security officers and ragtag shabbiha militias, [...]
News Desk: Damascus Under Seige
A REPORT from Voice of America: Parts of Syria’s capital were under siege Thursday with Syrian government forces battling rebels in and around Damascus in pitched fighting. Activists reported a campaign of shelling and house-to-house raids in Daraya, on the southwest edge of Damascus, as well as continuing clashes in the city’s Hajar al-Aswad district. [...]
Secy. Clinton in Turkey Signals U.S. Syria Shift
SEN. JOHN McCAIN won’t be satisfied, though he rarely is unless there are boots on the ground, but it’s a signal sent by Pres. Obama through Secy. Clinton, nonetheless. Brian Katulis does the analysis: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s visit to Turkey this weekend publicly signaled that the United States has entered a new phase [...]
Saudis Look to Funding Free Syrian Army
UK GUARDIAN reports: Saudi officials are preparing to pay the salaries of the Free Syria Army as a means of encouraging mass defections from the military and increasing pressure on the Assad regime, the Guardian has learned. The move, which has been discussed between Riyadh and senior officials in the US and Arab world, is [...]
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