Sol W. Sanders Out of the Washington political chaos of the past few weeks, two overwhelmingly critical questions have yet to be decided. Can a wily President Barack Obama, despite his Administration’s repeatedly demonstrated incompetence in both domestic and foreign policy, rescue what he may eventually regard as the only monument to his presidency— […]
Jeffrey T. Kuhner The conventional wisdom is wrong. The mainstream media — and their parrots in the Republican establishment — are claiming that President Barack Obama decisively won the government shutdown battle. The narrative being peddled is that the GOP brand has been badly damaged, paving the way for a possible Democrat takeover of the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com NEW DELHI — The guy at the lobby desk of The Asian Age was definitive. No, he did not have the International Herald Tribune, printed for readers in India in the south-central city of Hyderabad by the company that puts out The Asian Age and the much larger […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States, ending its government shutdown, has resumed arms sales to the Middle East. The administration of President Barack Obama has approved billions of dollars worth of weapons and munitions to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The Defense Department notified Congress that the two Gulf Cooperation Council […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Congress has urged Turkey to reverse its decision to acquire a ballistic missile defense system from China. “It is in no one’s interest that Turkey choose a system which could never be integrated with the rest of NATO’s defense capabilities,” Rep. Mike Rogers, chairman of the House Armed Services Strategic […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The federal government shutdown has affected operations by the U.S. intelligence community. Officials said the government shutdown has hampered operations of the U.S. intelligence community. They said the community has been authorized to recall employees, particularly those responsible foreign intelligence collection. “We will begin recalling CIA employees who are necessary […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com MUMBAI — Indians have a great word for the plethora of petty bureaucrats who run all the ministries and agencies that make life difficult if not miserable for millions of people. The word is “babu,” which can be a term of respect for an elder but now is […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com SEOUL — The United States has been throwing around millions and billions and trillions for so many lost causes, unjust causes and dumb causes that it’s hardly surprising to realize that Egypt ranks as one of the biggest recipients of American largesse. As far as I know, only […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has ruled out any military intervention in Syria. Officials said the administration of President Barack Obama has told Congress that it would oppose any U.S. military intervention in Syria. The administration said it did not regard Sunni rebels fighting the regime of President Bashar Assad as serving […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com Exactly 300 years after the Treaty of Utrecht settled the century-long royal spat between Spain and England, the last remaining territorial issue between the two countries flared up again in recent weeks. At issue is the sovereignty of Gibraltar which overlooks the vital isthmus connecting the Mediterranean and […]