Marine Posts Ridiculous Photo Of His Osprey Crash In Afghanistan
This brings new meaning to the Internet phrase "pics or it didn't happen."Reddit user Keggerss posted an image of a Marine Osprey lodged in a precarious angle on a wall in Afghanistan. There he is in...
View ArticleFrançois Hollande Finds Himself In A Highly Awkward Situation Over Syria
BEFORE his election last year as French president, François Hollande had no foreign-policy experience. He had never met Barack Obama. And he led a party which invented the term "hyperpower" to deplore...
View ArticleChina's New President Is Rumored To Be Taking Down The Allies Of Powerful...
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View ArticleVladimir Putin Puts John Kerry In Check On Syria
On Monday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Syria could avoid an American attack by turning over "every single bit of his chemical weapons to the international community in the next week."Russia...
View ArticleHow Vladimir Putin Became The Chuck Norris Of International Politics
Russian President Vladimir Putin earned a new distinction last month, when conservative U.S. blogger Matt Drudge branded him the "leader of the free world."Drudge's support of Putin may seem odd (just...
View ArticleSyria Would Be Obama's 8th Military Conflict
If President Barack Obama starts bombing Syria, it will be the eighth open military conflict of his presidency.When Obama, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, gave his oath at the inauguration, there were...
View ArticleNorth Korea Shows Off Marching, Cheering, Tractor Pulling Prowess With...
North Korea celebrated the 65th anniversary of the founding of the country as only it knows how, with spectacle and pageantry displayed on a grand scale of organized marching, waving, and weeping.The...
View ArticleAbsolutely Brutal Poll For Obama Shows Public Opposition To Syria Bombing...
When President Barack Obama gives a slew of television interviews and addresses the nation over the next two days, he will walk into a rising firestorm of public opposition to the bombing in Syria for...
View ArticleThis Huge Zeppelin Could Revolutionize The Shipping Industry
There are plenty of ways to move cargo around the planet, but none is perfect.Planes require long quality runways and a lot of ground infrastructure to support their use. Ships are slow and can't...
View ArticleThe 5 Military Commanders Who Could Run Obama's Syrian War
With President Barack Obama seemingly determined to use military force to intervene in the conflict in Syria, we thought it appropriate to explore which admiral or general might lead the operation.Here...
View ArticleThis 1970 Instructional Video Taught Women In The Military How To Behave
The 1970 video produced by the Women's Army Corps, called "Pleasure of Your Company," teaches women how to navigate the difficult social environment of being a woman and also being in the...
View ArticleJohn Kerry May Have Accidentally Found A Diplomatic Solution In Syria
White House and State Department officials said they are open to Russia's proposal to place Syrian chemical weapons under international control and then destroy them, even though they are skeptical...
View ArticleThe NSA's Biggest Strength Is Also Its Biggest Weakness
The bread and butter of NSA chief Keith Alexander's reign is the push to collect more and more data, saving essentially everything passing through the Internet, encrypted or not, according to recent...
View ArticleObama's Approval On Foreign Policy Has Collapsed To All-Time Lows
The debate over U.S. military action in Syria has pushed President Barack Obama's approval ratings on handling foreign policy all-time lows in two new polls released Monday.The latest, released by CNN...
View ArticleThere's No Reason To Believe Syria Will Disarm Its Own Chemical Weapons
There's little reason to take seriously Bashar Al Assad's sudden embrace of Secretary of State John Kerry's most recent statements about chemical weapons disarmament.First, there's still an incredibly...
View ArticleWe're About To Have A Blitz Of Six Obama Interviews On Syria — Here's Your...
President Barack Obama is about to embark on an unprecedented media drive to sell his plan for military action in Syria, in response to an alleged chemical-weapons attack last month launched by...
View ArticleOBAMA: A Strike On Syria Would 'Absolutely' Be Off If Syria Gives Up Its...
President Barack Obama said Monday that he would "absolutely" put plans for strikes on Syria on hold if Syrian President Bashar al-Assad gave up control of his country's chemical weapons."Absolutely —...
View ArticleSenate Delays Syria Strike Vote; Will Not Vote On Wednesday
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D) is delaying the first full Senate vote on a resolution to attack Syria. Reid had previously laid out a schedule which would have involved an initial vote on...
View ArticleGOP SENATORS: New Syria 'Breakthrough' Means Congress Should Pass Airstrike...
Monday's new developments on Syria should make Congress pass a resolution authorizing President Barack Obama to use military force in Syria, Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and John McCain...
View ArticleSyria Agrees To Russian 'Plan' To Transfer Control Of Chemical Weapons And...
Syria has "agreed to the Russian initiative" to place the country's chemical weapons under international control for subsequent dismantling, Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem said on Tuesday.He added...
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