Israel and Egypt watched closely as two Iranian warships docked at a Syrian port on Saturday after crossing the Suez Canal. – Business Insider
Archive for Category: "Middle East"
How the U.S.-Iran Standoff Looks From Israel
Officials in Tel Aviv have tried to alert the West to the dangers of a nuclear Iran for more than a decade. They argued that Iran would cause the technology to proliferate in the region as states such as Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia sought such weapons, turning a multipolar nuclear Middle East into a strategic nightmare. A nuclear-armed Iran would strengthen its hegemony in the energy sector by its mere location along the oil-rich Arabian Gulf and the Caspian Basin. – Bloomberg.com
Israeli strike on Iran imminent says former Netanyahu chief of staff
Naftali Bennett former chief of staff to Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on Huckabee about Israel’s potential military strike at Iran. Israeli’s are not confident that the Obama administration will support them in a conflict with Iran. They have good reason with Obama’s support for the Muslim Brotherhood uprisings and his seeming disdain for Israel.
CNN’s Zakaria Papers Over Mass Murder
Fareed Zakaria of CNN has written a column for The Washington Post that serves as an excuse for letting Iran develop and acquire nuclear weapons.
US Senators Warn Latin America on Iran Ties
Researcher Douglas Farah said Iran’s intentions in Latin America are twofold. “To develop the capacity and capability to wreak havoc in Latin America and possibly the U.S. homeland, if the Iranian leadership views this as necessary to the survival of its nuclear program, and to develop and expand the ability to blunt international sanctions that are crippling the regime’s economic life,”
Bolton: Obama administration “delusional”, “misguided” on Iran
Former Ambassador John Bolton notes that even Obama’s own national security adviser says that the sanctions have done nothing to stop or even slow Iran’s development of a nuclear weapon. Iran is the world’s leader in bankrolling terrorists. Imagine what they will do with nuclear weapons. He calls claims by the proponents of sanctions “propaganda.”
U.S. Hostages Abroad and High Gas Prices at Home–It’s Jimmy Carter Redux
Come November, if drivers of cars are shelling out $5 a gallon at the pump, a lot of voters are going to be very unhappy. If our citizens are still being held hostage in Egypt they will be even less happy.
Bachmann on Obama’s Foreign Policy Failures
Michele Bachmann at CPAC 2012 spoke of foreign policy failures of the President. She talked of his ties to the Muslim Brotherhood which is an enemy of America.
How Dangerous Is Obama?
The goal of Obama’s nuclear brinkmanship is to drive Israel into making dangerous territorial compromises. This is a Carteresque policy: blame the victim, and arm her enemy. – American Thinker
Newt: Pro Islamist Faction in the Administration Trying to “Appease” Enemies
“It tells you a lot about what’s wrong with this administration. Instead of worrying about the Iranians getting a nuclear weapon they’re worried about our ally. … Over and over again you see an administration which is living in a fantasy land. The great threat in the Middle East is not Israel it’s Iran.”