Author: BooMan

The Senate Foreign Relations Hearing

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is holding a hearing on Syria featuring Secretary of State John Kerry, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey. Kerry just finished his...

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Decisions, Decisions…

Byron York provides 5 reasons why Republican lawmakers may vote against authorizing military force against Syria. Nowhere on his list is any healthy respect for public opinion. Since politicians do deem their reelection...

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Nobody Loves You When You’re Down & Out

Here is some stuff to think about: One thing is clear: the statements by Iran’s leaders have shifted from earlier this year, when high-ranking Iranian officials said a foreign attack on Syria would be treated as an attack on...

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State of the Case

I’m surprised to see a Russian source even reporting on this, but it appears that the German intelligence service (BND) has concluded that Assad ordered the attack and that it was indeed sarin. They claim to have a damning...

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Casual Observation

It seems like people will be pissed at us no matter what we do or don’t do. To me, that argues against caring about worldwide public opinion and just bearing down and making pragmatic decisions that have a prayer of...

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