Category Archives: Foreign
Sanctions on Iran
It’s unclear what happened to the American sailors caught and released by Iran.
First it was a mechanical problem, now a GPS malfunction is blamed for sending the ships off course. No matter. Sixty-five percent in the Real Clear Politics average of polls think the whole country is headed in the wrong direction.
The sailors apologized, were fed, cried, humiliated, and released. John Kerry thanked the Iranians.
Sanctions on Iran
Sanctions on Iran were to end today under terms of the nuclear deal.
Checks and Balances
Looks like he latest version of federal checks and balances includes the executive branch spying on the legislative branch.
The Wall Street Journal ran a story last week about the US spying on our allies. The main ally in question was Israel as Benjamin Netanyahu prepared to make a speech before a joint session of Congress criticizing the Iran deal. The kicker was that in the process of spying on Bibi the NSA listened in on confidential conversations between him and members of the US Congress.
It seemed a little surprising that Obama cares what the legislative branch has to say, considering his habit of going around it and ruling by executive order.
Happy New Year
Happy New Year.
The Navy says Iran fired rockets within 1500 yards of US ship in the Persian Gulf. Iran says the US is lying.
The Real Winner
Host Steve Harvey misread his cue card and named Miss Columbia Miss Universe but the real winner was Miss Philippines.
Real Winner
President Obama thinks he was the real winner of Paris Climate Accord. But only the United States is on the hook for real carbon cuts in the deal.
Benny Peiser, director of the Global Warming Policy Forum calls Obama the unilateral Climate Warrior. He says, in the WSJ, that Obama made “an unconditional pledge to cut carbon emissions 26-28% by 2025 no matter what China, India, and the rest of the world do.”.
Trump Triad
The Donald may not know much about the nuclear triad but he’s created his own Trump triad for dealing with ISIS. He wants to ban immigration for Muslims, close the internet for ISIS, and take out terrorist families.
Trump Triad
For his part, fellow Republican front runner Ted Cruz channeled his inner Curtis LeMay and promised to carpet bomb ISIS until the sand glows in the dark.
Cruz has been playing nice to Trump, even after Trump called him a maniac. During the CNN Las Vegas debate Trump rewarded Cruz’s good behavior by saying he has a wonderful temperament.
