Tag Archives: Syria

Putin throws Obama under the bus

NEW YORK POST Putin wants to humiliate Obama with airstrikes in Syria by Ralph Peters September 30, 2015 The first thing to understand about Vladimir Putin is that he’s not content just to win. He has to destroy his opponents, … Continue reading

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How does the U.S. figure in this picture ?

COMMENTARY The New Axis of Evil by Max Boot September 28, 2015 The U.S. is not just being defeated in Iraq and Syria. It is being humiliated…On Sunday, the administration was taken by surprise for the umpteenth time when Russia, … Continue reading

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Palestine and Israel not referenced once in Obama’s UN speech

JEWISH PRESS Obama’s UN Speech Ignores Israel but Hits Hard at Putin and Assad by Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu September 28, 2015 President Barack Obama’s address to the United Nations General Assembly Monday was extraordinary in its total exclusion of Israel and … Continue reading

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Putin-Netanyhau meeting recommends coordination to assure ‘deconfliction’

DEFENSE NEWS Russian Bear Supplants American Eagle in Syria, Beyond by Barbara Opall-Rome September 27, 2015 American failure to militate against a Syrian regime deploying chemical weapons, barrel bombs and creating a deluge of refugees has all but paved the way … Continue reading

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Russia aggressively enters the Mid East equation, but where is this headed? Three perspectives

TIMES OF ISRAEL Moscow enters the Syrian fray, but to what end? by Avi Issacharoff September 27, 2015 …Russia’s willingness to jump into the Middle Eastern fray is a result of America’s weakness across the region. The war against Islamic State … Continue reading

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Pentagon confused about Russia’s military buildup in Syria

AMERICAN INTEREST Russia’s Third Circles by Adam Garfinkle September 17, 2015 ….Just as attacking a Baltic State [Ukraine] hoping to politically destroy NATO would be a high-risk undertaking, turning Syria into a free-fire zone in the hope of politically destroying … Continue reading

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DIA chief: Iraq and Syria may not survive as states

MILITARY TIMES by Ken Dilanian, Associated Press September 10, 2015 Iraq and Syria may have been permanently torn asunder by war and sectarian tensions, the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency said Thursday in a frank assessment that is at … Continue reading

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ISIS Wages Cultural Genocide in Palmyra

WORLD AFFAIRS by Michael J. Totten September 1, 2015 They finally did it. The bastards destroyed Palmyra’s Temple of Bel. We all knew it was coming in May when ISIS conquered the ancient Roman-era city an hour’s drive east of … Continue reading

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Israel to West: ‘Your Partner Iran Attacked Us; Your Response?’

ARUTZ SHEVA by Hillel Fendel August 21, 2015 Official Foreign Ministry letter, ordered by PM, says, ‘Iran ordered 4 rockets at Israel, clearly showing their post-deal intentions.’ By direct order of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s Foreign Ministry has dispatched … Continue reading

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Israel Believes Assad Has No Control of Situation on Golan Border

ALGEMEINER by Eliezer Sherman August 23, 2015 Israel believes Syrian President Bashar Assad has become so embroiled in civil war, he does not have the capacity to prevent terrorist groups on the country’s border with Israel from provoking the Jewish state, such as last week’s … Continue reading

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