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Sep 2016

Smart power: G-20 economic summit off to smashing start for US

Ed Morrissey Sep 05, 2016 10:01 AM

“Who is he to confront me?”

Nov 2015

New RNC ad: Can these Democratic weaklings be trusted to keep America safe?

Guy Benson Nov 23, 2015 8:01 PM

Vulnerabilities.

Aug 2015

Gallup: Obama approval on Iran stands at robust 33/55

Guy Benson Aug 13, 2015 9:21 PM

Salesman.

Kerry warns Congress: Don’t screw the Ayatollah

Ed Morrissey Aug 05, 2015 10:01 AM

“I’m telling you, this deal is as pro-Israel, as pro-Israel’s security, as it gets.”

Jul 2015

Video: Tom Cotton dismantles Kerry on Iran deal secrecy, regime’s ongoing terrorism

Guy Benson Jul 29, 2015 8:01 PM

Brutal.

May 2015

‘Red line’ update: Syrian regime caught cheating on WMD deal, again

Guy Benson May 12, 2015 6:01 PM

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Apr 2015

By the way, new ‘framework’ allows Iran to keep illegal, fortified underground nuclear facility

Guy Benson Apr 06, 2015 3:31 PM

Smile.

Fox Poll: 83 percent call Iran untrustworthy, huge majority says Obama must get Congressional approval for deal

Guy Benson Apr 01, 2015 9:21 PM

Wary.

Dec 2014

Hillary: Smart power means empathizing with your enemies

Ed Morrissey Dec 04, 2014 3:21 PM

Reset failure.

Oct 2014

Surprise: ‘Disarmed’ Assad regime has been hiding chemical weapons facilities

Guy Benson Oct 08, 2014 4:41 PM

Smart power.

Jul 2014

US: Russia violated 1987 missile treaty

Ed Morrissey Jul 29, 2014 10:41 AM

US, EU agree on tougher sanctions.

Jun 2014

Cheneys rip the “collapsing Obama doctrine”

Ed Morrissey Jun 18, 2014 9:21 AM

Trust.

MSNBC host: So conservatives are basically arguing we should have left an American soldier behind, huh?

Guy Benson Jun 03, 2014 11:21 AM

Nope.

Apr 2014

WaPo: Middle East peace process dead, worse off than before

Ed Morrissey Apr 30, 2014 10:41 AM

Time to go?

Kerry: Hey, I don’t think Israel is an apartheid state … yet

Ed Morrissey Apr 29, 2014 12:01 PM

“Partisan, political purpose …”

Rubio: Obama’s foreign policy is failing pretty much everywhere

Guy Benson Apr 09, 2014 3:21 PM

Smart power.

McCain to Kerry: You’re about to hit the trifecta of failure

Ed Morrissey Apr 09, 2014 10:41 AM

“Recognize reality!”

Mar 2014

Biden visit fails to calm nerves in eastern Europe

Ed Morrissey Mar 19, 2014 9:21 AM

Symbolism … and little else.

Quotes of the day

Allahpundit Mar 01, 2014 8:31 PM

Red lines.

Jan 2014

Did the Obama administration try a “clumsy putsch” against Karzai?

Ed Morrissey Jan 10, 2014 10:41 AM

Context.

Sep 2013

Must see: A brief history of Obama’s “smart power” on Syria

Allahpundit Sep 11, 2013 3:21 PM

Clusterfark.

Did Kerry blink in Syria standoff? Update: Russia ups the ante

Ed Morrissey Sep 09, 2013 10:01 AM

Russia, Syria call for more UN inspections.

Jul 2013

Abbas: No, direct talks aren’t about to begin again

Ed Morrissey Jul 22, 2013 8:41 AM

Smart power.

May 2013

Russia arrests American diplomat in Moscow for espionage

Ed Morrissey May 14, 2013 8:41 AM

Throwing elbows?

Apr 2013

No White House envoy to Thatcher funeral? Update: Boehner sending House delegation

Ed Morrissey Apr 16, 2013 10:01 AM

Respect.

US to increase aid to Syrian rebels after key group merges with al-Qaeda

Ed Morrissey Apr 10, 2013 12:01 PM

Smart power.

North Korea reappoints “reformer” as premier

Ed Morrissey Apr 01, 2013 12:41 PM

Hmmm.

Mar 2013

Was Kerry winging it on Syria?

Ed Morrissey Mar 01, 2013 10:00 AM

Irked.

Dec 2012

Hillary Clinton: Putin wants to “re-Sovietize the region”

Ed Morrissey Dec 07, 2012 11:21 AM

Reset.

NYT: Obama retreating on “red line” for Syrian chemical weapons

Ed Morrissey Dec 07, 2012 9:41 AM

Russia moving toward US on Syria?

Nov 2012

Morsi grabs dictatorial powers in Egypt; Update: Protests, clashes erupt in Egypt

Ed Morrissey Nov 23, 2012 9:46 AM

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

Caption contest: Presidential PDAs

Ed Morrissey Nov 21, 2012 12:46 PM

Protocol.

Jul 2012

Arms-trade treaty talks collapse, supporters rip Obama

Ed Morrissey Jul 28, 2012 10:01 AM

Smart power strikes again.

Jun 2012

Video: Reset button suddenly not working

Ed Morrissey Jun 19, 2012 12:01 PM

Transmissions and flexibility.

May 2012

Canada, France, Germany, Australia to expel Syrian diplomats over Houla slaughter

Ed Morrissey May 29, 2012 10:41 AM

Entire families shot in their homes by Assad’s forces.

Did the Obama administration abandon Chen? Update: “No one from the embassy is here”

Ed Morrissey May 02, 2012 12:01 PM

US official told him to leave the embassy?

Apr 2012

Obama admin caught flat-footed by Argentina nationalization of Spanish oil company

Ed Morrissey Apr 18, 2012 12:11 PM

Smart power.

Mar 2012

Medvedev to Romney: Tone down the Hollywood cliches, comrade

Ed Morrissey Mar 27, 2012 2:30 PM

Overplaying the hand?

Obama on hot-mic moment: I wasn’t “hiding the ball”

Ed Morrissey Mar 27, 2012 9:50 AM

Retreat from the retreat?

Feb 2012

Fumbling the Falklands?

Ed Morrissey Feb 15, 2012 11:00 AM

“The Obama administration knife[d] Britain in the back again …”

US closes Syrian embassy after almost a year of military attacks on civilians

Ed Morrissey Feb 06, 2012 10:25 AM

Better late than never?

Jan 2012

Russia: What Iranian nuclear-weapon program?

Ed Morrissey Jan 02, 2012 12:05 PM

Smart power.

May 2011

Have we become a turncoat nation under Obama’s foreign policy?

Ed Morrissey May 27, 2011 1:03 PM

Smart power?

Smart power: G-20 economic summit off to smashing start for US

New RNC ad: Can these Democratic weaklings be trusted to keep America safe?

Gallup: Obama approval on Iran stands at robust 33/55

Kerry warns Congress: Don’t screw the Ayatollah

Video: Tom Cotton dismantles Kerry on Iran deal secrecy, regime’s ongoing terrorism

‘Red line’ update: Syrian regime caught cheating on WMD deal, again

By the way, new ‘framework’ allows Iran to keep illegal, fortified underground nuclear facility

Fox Poll: 83 percent call Iran untrustworthy, huge majority says Obama must get Congressional approval for deal

Hillary: Smart power means empathizing with your enemies

Surprise: ‘Disarmed’ Assad regime has been hiding chemical weapons facilities

US: Russia violated 1987 missile treaty

Cheneys rip the “collapsing Obama doctrine”

MSNBC host: So conservatives are basically arguing we should have left an American soldier behind, huh?

WaPo: Middle East peace process dead, worse off than before

Kerry: Hey, I don’t think Israel is an apartheid state … yet

Rubio: Obama’s foreign policy is failing pretty much everywhere

McCain to Kerry: You’re about to hit the trifecta of failure

Biden visit fails to calm nerves in eastern Europe

Quotes of the day

Did the Obama administration try a “clumsy putsch” against Karzai?

Must see: A brief history of Obama’s “smart power” on Syria

Did Kerry blink in Syria standoff? Update: Russia ups the ante

Abbas: No, direct talks aren’t about to begin again

Russia arrests American diplomat in Moscow for espionage

No White House envoy to Thatcher funeral? Update: Boehner sending House delegation

US to increase aid to Syrian rebels after key group merges with al-Qaeda

North Korea reappoints “reformer” as premier

Was Kerry winging it on Syria?

Hillary Clinton: Putin wants to “re-Sovietize the region”

NYT: Obama retreating on “red line” for Syrian chemical weapons

Morsi grabs dictatorial powers in Egypt; Update: Protests, clashes erupt in Egypt

Caption contest: Presidential PDAs

Arms-trade treaty talks collapse, supporters rip Obama

Video: Reset button suddenly not working

Canada, France, Germany, Australia to expel Syrian diplomats over Houla slaughter

Did the Obama administration abandon Chen? Update: “No one from the embassy is here”

Obama admin caught flat-footed by Argentina nationalization of Spanish oil company

Medvedev to Romney: Tone down the Hollywood cliches, comrade

Obama on hot-mic moment: I wasn’t “hiding the ball”

Fumbling the Falklands?

US closes Syrian embassy after almost a year of military attacks on civilians

Russia: What Iranian nuclear-weapon program?

Have we become a turncoat nation under Obama’s foreign policy?

Sunday morning talking heads

Illinois school district moves to allow boys to use girls’ locker rooms and showers

Legendary MAGA supporter to receive National Medal of Arts, critics fume