Unlike frightened Republicans, France President Francois Hollande committed to welcoming 30,000 refugees the next two years. As the Independent reports, “His renewal of the pledge originally made in September comes just days after militant group Isis said it was responsible for the Paris terror attacks, which claimed the lives of 129 people and injured hundreds.” Promising that “France […]
Ben Carson’s ascent in the polls highlights his weaknesses, and even his friends and advisers admit the 2016 candidate is having a difficult time grasping foreign policy. In an interview on “Fox News Sunday,” presidential frontrunner Ben Carson struggled when explaining his plan to defeat ISIL, and host Chris Wallace asked Carson three different times […]
“Nytimes hq” by Haxorjoe – Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons. The New York Times Editorial Board called on Republicans to either “Shut Down the Benghazi Committee” or to rename their costly crusade “the Inquisition of Hillary Rodham Clinton,” noting that the crusade to paint Hillary Clinton as “personally responsible for the […]
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told CNN that the Republican presidential candidates were “laughable” and that “the people of Iran look at them as a form of entertainment.” Speaking to CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, Rouhani stated that when he had time he would watch some of the Republican presidential debates – much to his amusement, telling her: […]
Lawrence Wilkerson, retired United States Army Colonel and former chief of staff to United States Secretary of State Colin Powell, sat down for an interview with Thom Hartmann, host of of RT’s “The Big Picture,” to discuss Dick Cheney‘s opposition to the Iran Agreement. Cheney and his daughter, Liz, have been making the rounds on […]