I was infuriated by the goading tone of John McCain's questioning of Obama officials during yesterday's Senate hearing on military intervention in Syria. His goal went far beyond supporting such an attack. He tried to shame Kerry and Hegel into admitting that the U.S. should paralyze the Assad regime and degrade it to the point that it would fall. He … [Read more...]
Israel Invents Syrian WMD Threat, IDF Commanders Threaten Intervention
Syria appears to be entering an even more chaotic and dangerous period in its civil war now that Israeli officials are concocting potential threats that must be addressed by Israeli intervention. The latest series of stories derives from U.S. and Israeli intelligence circles and suggests that Syria has a "vast stockpile" (Wall Street Journal) or "hundreds … [Read more...]
James Rubin Advocates Syrian Regime Change, U.S. Military Intervention to Defang Iran
Jamie Rubin, a one-time foreign policy spokesperson in Bill Clinton's administration has put forward a truly diabolical argument in Foreign Policy Magazine on behalf of Syrian regime change as a way of defanging the Iranian mullahs. The odd thing about Rubin's essay is that while he's offering nostrums on behalf of U.S. foreign policy objectives, he makes … [Read more...]
Maariv Reports Cabinet Favors Iran Attack, U.S. Delivers Iran ‘Final’ Ultimatum
Just when you thought it was safe to come out from your air raid shelter after Bibi returned from his U.S. foray to stoke up war fever, Maariv raises the temperature to a boiling point. Ben Caspit reports (Hebrew) that the cabinet now has, for the first time, a majority (eight votes for, six votes against) favoring the measure. This means that … [Read more...]