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What does it take to get Russia on board with sanctions against Iran? Russia links Iran sanctions to US missile change. NEW YORK – With a diplomatic wink and nod, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev opened the door Wednesday to backing potential sanctions against Iran as a reward to President ...
Russia, Missile Defense, Iran, Nuclear Proliferation, Diplomacy, Tightrope
A lot of people are angry at President Obama for this decision (surprise!), but it should be pointed out that the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff unanimously recommended this course of action. Are they all wrong? [Video]
Russian metal? Yeah, we got that. A berserk tribute to “Gorbachov” by ANJ, with zombies. (Warning: sorta PG/R rated.) [Video]
Video, Weird, Soviet Union, Gorbachev, Russia, Music, zombies
Cold War heroes Lech Walesa and Vaclav Havel, along with 20 other European leaders and intellectuals, have written an open letter to Barack Obama pleading with him not to cave in to Russia and give up on missile defense. [T]he thorniest issue may well be America’s planned missile-defense installations. ...
Charles Krauthammer says, “Our president likes his plumage.” Obama says that his START will be a great boon, setting an example to enable us to better pressure North Korea and Iran to give up their nuclear programs. That a man of Obama’s intelligence can believe such nonsense is beyond ...
Charles Krauthammer, opinion, Barack Obama, Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense, Russia
This is a welcome development, but I’m sure Putin has his own reasons for agreeing to it: Russia Opens Route for U.S. to Fly Arms to Afghanistan. MOSCOW — The Russian government has agreed to allow American troops and weapons bound for Afghanistan to fly over Russian territory, providing ...
Afghanistan, Taliban, Militant Islam, Military, Pakistan, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Russia
For today’s test of Barack Obama, Russia is hinting about putting strategic bombers in Cuba and Venezuela. MOSCOW – A Russian Air Force chief said Saturday that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has offered an island as a temporary base for strategic Russian bombers, the Interfax news agency reported. The ...
Another slap in the face for Obama from Russia, without much love: Russia rejects link between missile defence and Iran. Madrid/Washington - Russian President Dmitri Medvedev on Tuesday showed willingness to discuss the US-planned missile defence system opposed by Moscow, but without “haggling” linking it to Iran. Medvedev was commenting ...
Interestingly, the Washington Post editors apparently toned down the title on Charles Krauthammer’s latest op-ed, from Obama’s ‘Kick Me’ Diplomacy (still visible in the print version) to Obama’s Supine Diplomacy (but they forgot to change the page title). With a grinning Goliath staggering about sporting a “kick me” sign ...
Barack Obama, Charles Krauthammer, Diplomacy, Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Russia, Supine
What the hell is going on in Russia? Hikind, Thompson Denounce Sunflower Seeds Package As Anti-Semitic. Brooklyn, NY - Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) and New York City Comptroller William C. Thompson today denounced the Shnayder family, owners of the value import store, Net Cost Market, for stocking and selling ...
Here’s another great piece from Michael Totten, in which he gets to the bottom of The Truth About Russia in Georgia. TBILISI, GEORGIA – Virtually everyone believes Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili foolishly provoked a Russian invasion on August 7, 2008, when he sent troops into the breakaway district of ...
The Russian military has withdrawn a large part of its occupying forces in Georgia, in an apparent step back from the brink of a wider conflict. GORI, Georgia, Aug. 22 — Russia pulled troops and armored vehicles out of vast swaths of seized territory and ended its 10-day occupation ...
Michael Totten has filed a Report from Tbilisi at City Journal. Senator John McCain may have overstated things a bit when, shortly after the war started, he said, “We are all Georgians now.” But apparently even rank-and-file Russian soldiers view the Georgians and Americans as allies. Likewise, these simple ...
Barack Obama’s naïve, almost schoolyard-level attitude toward international politics is on display again today, as he says the US needs to set a better example for Russia: Obama: Russia, U.S. should not ‘charge into’ other countries. “We’ve got to send a clear message to Russia and unify our allies,” ...
LGF, Election 2008, Barack Obama, Russia, Moral Equivalence, Progressives
Via Drudge Report: Russia warns of response to US missile shield. MOSCOW (AP) - Russia says its response to the further development of a U.S. missile shield in Poland will go beyond diplomacy. Russia’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying the U.S. missile shield plans are clearly aimed at ...
LGF, Russia, Georgia, South Ossetia, Poland, Missile Defense
The Russian government continues issuing statements about “pulling back” from Georgia, but the Russian military is digging in. SACHKHERE, Georgia (AP) — Russian forces on Wednesday built a sentry post just 30 miles from the Georgian capital, appearing to dig in to positions deep inside Georgia despite pledges to ...
Russia has taken a group of Georgian troops prisoner in the port city of Poti, and seized American Humvees. POTI, Georgia - Russian soldiers took about 20 Georgian troops prisoner at a key Black Sea port in western Georgia on Tuesday, blindfolding them and holding them at gunpoint, and ...
The US has called a meeting of NATO’s 26 foreign ministers to discuss the Georgia crisis. BRUSSELS (AFP) - Russian and US officials ramped up the diplomatic war of words on Monday on the eve of an extraordinary meeting of EU foreign ministers to discuss the crisis in Georgia. ...
There may be a “cease-fire” between Georgia and Russia, but Russia is moving missile launchers into South Ossetia. WASHINGTON — Even as Russia pledged to begin withdrawing its forces from neighboring Georgia on Monday, American officials said the Russian military had been moving launchers for short-range ballistic missiles into ...
The cease-fire agreement with Georgia is holding for now, but the Russian military is in no hurry to leave. Stuart Koehl has an interesting piece on possible military options for Georgia: The Pain Game. This invasion has probably eaten deeply into Russian operations and maintenance funding, to say nothing ...
Barack Obama has vowed to cut funding of missile defense systems, and recently pledged to eliminate nuclear weapons from the world because, according to him, we just don’t need them any more: CHICAGO - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Tuesday called for ridding the world of nuclear weapons, ...
John Bolton analyzes the Russian invasion of Georgia: After Russia’s invasion of Georgia, what now for the West? As bad as the bloodying of Georgia is, the broader consequences are worse. The United States fiddled while Georgia burned, not even reaching the right rhetorical level in its public statements ...
Anyone want to guess how long this latest “cease-fire” agreement will last? Georgia president signs cease-fire with Russia. TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili said Friday he signed a cease-fire agreement with Russia, which protects the former Soviet republic’s interests despite concessions to Moscow. He said he ...
The United States and Poland have agreed on a missile defense deal, and according to the Associated Press Russia is “infuriated.” WARSAW, Poland - Poland and the United States reached an agreement Thursday that will see a battery of American missiles established inside Poland, a plan that has infuriated ...
Russia’s foreign minister said today, “the world can forget about Georgia’s territorial integrity.”