Tag: Analysis

A military response to the situation in Syria involves too much uncertainty to take lightly. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy Photo, File)

There are worse things than a murderous, Russian-backed government

John Stossel · September 10, 2013 4:00 am

Secretary of State John Kerryâs first statement was made in response to a 46-word question that referenced the widespread opposition to military action among voters in Britain, France and the United States. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Beltway Confidential

John Kerry’s blunders helping to overcome Obama’s blunders?

Michael Barone · September 10, 2013 4:00 am

A Pew Research Center poll shows that supporters of gun control laws outnumber critics of such laws, but only marginally. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Why Second Amendment fans always outgun the political opposition

Sean Higgins · September 10, 2013 4:00 am

America's history in the Middle East doesn't make a compelling case for military intervention in Syria. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)

US role in Middle East argues against Obama’s Syria strike

Cal Thomas · September 10, 2013 4:00 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei loom over the debate over military action in Syria.

Right will support Obama on Syria if …

Hugh Hewitt · September 9, 2013 4:00 am

AFL-CIO delegates denounced President Obama's record on illegal immigrant deportations Tuesday, saying the White House should put the brakes on the process while Congress is debating a comprehensive reform bill. (AP image)

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AFL-CIO slams Obama over deportation rate

Sean Higgins · September 9, 2013 4:00 am

PresidentObama listens to comments during a working session at a G-20 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia on Sept. 6. (AP Photo/Dimitar Dilkoff, Pool)

Obama now pays for first-term errors

Thomas Sowell · September 9, 2013 4:00 am

Obama is asking for authority he insists he does not need to carry out a military campaign that will, to quote Kerry again, "hold Bashar al-Assad accountable without engaging in troops on the ground or any other prolonged kind of effort..." (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Obama’s ‘dumb wars’

Mona Charen · September 9, 2013 4:00 am

Secretary of State John Kerry shows frustration at questioning from Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing about President Barack Obama's request for congressional authorization for military intervention in Syria, a response to last month's alleged sarin gas attack in the Syrian civil war, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013. At left is Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

30 photos of John Kerry looking tired and glum about Syria

Charlie Spiering · September 9, 2013 4:00 am

President Barack Obama speaks to media in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, before a meeting with Congressional leaders to discuss the situation in Syria. Rear center, from left are, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer of Md., Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., National Security Adviser Susan Rice, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, the president, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va. and Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. Rear, center, from right to left are, Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger, ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, and Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn of Texas. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

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On Syria, Obama’s problem with GOP could grow worse

Byron York · September 9, 2013 4:00 am

Charles Lindbergh poses with the "Spirit of St. Louis," Feb. 15, 1928. (AP Photo)

‘Isolationist’ stereotypes don’t apply to Syria debate

James Jay Carafano · September 9, 2013 4:00 am

America only appears rudderless

David Limbaugh · September 9, 2013 4:00 am