Syria Archives – https://ezkool.com/category/foreign-policies/syria/ Mon, 23 Nov 2015 03:16:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://ezkool.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ezkool-logo-75png.png Syria Archives – https://ezkool.com/category/foreign-policies/syria/ 32 32 12773863 Refugees From Reality https://ezkool.com/2015/11/refugees-from-reality/ Mon, 23 Nov 2015 01:01:18 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=61200 Leave it to the GOP (and some uninformed Democrats) to make a frightening situation something to panic over. The Paris attacks were terrible. The threat of more terrorist attacks on Europe is very real. But if you want to stop terrorists from coming into the United States, tampering with the refugee system is exactly the […]

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]]> 61200 Ted Cruz – For Bringing Syrian Refugees to U.S Before he was Against it – Video https://ezkool.com/2015/11/ted-cruz-for-bringing-syrian-refugees-to-u-s-before-he-was-against-it-video/ Thu, 19 Nov 2015 17:01:45 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=61172 At a time when everything is recorded – sometimes in High Definition – you would think that people, especially those wishing to be president of the United States, would at least be more consistent in their positions. Yes, positions change, views evolve, but when they do, at least acknowledge that evolution and embrace it, and […]

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]]> 61172 Jeb Bush Flips – Now He’s Concerned about ALL Syrian Refugees – Video https://ezkool.com/2015/11/jeb-bush-flips-now-hes-concerned-about-all-syrian-refugees-video/ Tue, 17 Nov 2015 23:31:52 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=61131 What a difference a couple of days make… and a smack down from the President of the United States helped. Just Sunday in an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Jeb Bush fell in line with the other Republican presidential candidates demanding Syrian refugees remain in Syria where they are being slaughtered by ISIS and the […]

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]]> 61131 Chris Christie – No Refugees in New Jersey, Especially “Orphans under 5 years old” https://ezkool.com/2015/11/chris-christie-no-refugees-in-new-jersey-especially-orphans-under-5-years-old/ Tue, 17 Nov 2015 01:53:47 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=61116 Tough-talking Chris Christie showed his breaking point Monday when he interviewed by phone with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, and expressed his concern for Syrian refugees coming to his state. And as far as Christie goes, he’s not having any of these people in New Jersey, not even “orphans under 5!” “I do not trust this […]

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]]> 61116 Does This Mean War? https://ezkool.com/2015/11/does-this-mean-war/ Mon, 16 Nov 2015 01:06:35 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=61097 I’m being a bit of a coward by posing my title as a question, but I do firmly believe that the western world is headed towards a much larger, more coordinated and, ultimately, more deadly military conflict. If it sounds like war, smells like war, destroys like war, breeds intolerance like war, then it must […]

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]]> 61097 Major ISIS Leader Killed in US Special Forces Raid https://ezkool.com/2015/05/major-isis-leader-killed-in-us-special-forces-raid/ https://ezkool.com/2015/05/major-isis-leader-killed-in-us-special-forces-raid/#respond Sat, 16 May 2015 15:36:30 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=58938 Another win for America. Another win for the president many Republicans say is “soft on terrorism.” Islamic State senior commander, Abu Sayyaf, was killed and his wife captured in Syria during a raid by U.S. Special Forces, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said. The operation in eastern Syria was authorized by President Barack Obama, according to […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2015/05/major-isis-leader-killed-in-us-special-forces-raid/feed/ 0 58938 The Pentagon Confirms – ISIS Now Has U.S Weapons https://ezkool.com/2014/10/the-pentagon-confirms-isis-now-has-u-s-weapons/ https://ezkool.com/2014/10/the-pentagon-confirms-isis-now-has-u-s-weapons/#respond Thu, 23 Oct 2014 10:25:59 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=55770 What now Republicans? What great idea do you have now to fight ISIS. “Arm the rebels” you screamed every day on my television and although the president told you that was not a good idea, you screamed louder. Well the President listened, and now it has been confirmed that ISIS has our weapons! What now […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/10/the-pentagon-confirms-isis-now-has-u-s-weapons/feed/ 0 55770 Vice President Joe Biden Issues Apology to Turkish Leader https://ezkool.com/2014/10/vice-president-joe-biden-issues-apology-turkish-leader/ https://ezkool.com/2014/10/vice-president-joe-biden-issues-apology-turkish-leader/#respond Sun, 05 Oct 2014 23:10:57 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=55446 The Vice President spoke to the leader of the Turkish people on Saturday and apologized for comments he made on Thursday, the White House said. In a speech on Thursday, the Vice President of the United States said that the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has conceded that Turkey mistakenly helped foreign fighters trying to […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/10/vice-president-joe-biden-issues-apology-turkish-leader/feed/ 0 55446 Breaking: The U.S Has Began Bombing ISIS Targets in Syria https://ezkool.com/2014/09/breaking-u-s-began-bombing-isis-targets-syria/ https://ezkool.com/2014/09/breaking-u-s-began-bombing-isis-targets-syria/#respond Tue, 23 Sep 2014 01:46:16 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=55013 The United States launched airstrikes in Syria against ISIS targets, sources tell NBC News. The U.S. military plans to strike up to 20 targets — logistics, fuel and weapons depots; training sites; troop encampments; command and control sites; and headquarters for the Sunni fighters. The U.S. military will deploy manned and unmanned air assets, including […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/09/breaking-u-s-began-bombing-isis-targets-syria/feed/ 0 55013 ISIS Releases 49 Hostages https://ezkool.com/2014/09/isis-releases-49-hostages/ https://ezkool.com/2014/09/isis-releases-49-hostages/#respond Mon, 22 Sep 2014 11:48:52 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=54976 Dozens of Turkish hostages abducted by Islamist militants in northern Iraq were freed Saturday after three months in captivity, CNN reports. Militants from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria raided the Turkish consulate in June and seized 49 people, including Consul General Ozturk Yilmaz. Others abducted included his family, children and other citizens who […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/09/isis-releases-49-hostages/feed/ 0 54976 From Summer to Serious https://ezkool.com/2014/09/from-summer-to-serious/ https://ezkool.com/2014/09/from-summer-to-serious/#respond Mon, 08 Sep 2014 00:26:49 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=54566 I’ve always found it interesting when the calendar changes to the day after Labor Day and the country gets serious. The rest of the world doesn’t know from this holiday and I’m sure there’s a great deal of literature on how the calendar affects world affairs. Thus, here we are. The world continues to be […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/09/from-summer-to-serious/feed/ 0 54566 Mother’s Emotional Plea to ISIS for Her Son’s Release – Video https://ezkool.com/2014/08/mothers-emotional-plea-to-isis-for-her-sons-release-video/ https://ezkool.com/2014/08/mothers-emotional-plea-to-isis-for-her-sons-release-video/#respond Wed, 27 Aug 2014 21:31:02 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=54283 After seeing the brutal killing of American journalist James Foley last week, Shirley Sotloff, mother of another captured American journalist Steven Sotloff, issued a video plea to the leader of the terrorist group asking for her son’s release. “”Steven is a journalist who traveled to the Middle East to cover the suffering of Muslims at […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/08/mothers-emotional-plea-to-isis-for-her-sons-release-video/feed/ 0 54283 Breaking News – There Was an Attempted Rescue of James Foley in Syria https://ezkool.com/2014/08/breaking-news-there-was-an-attempted-rescue-of-james-foley-in-syria/ https://ezkool.com/2014/08/breaking-news-there-was-an-attempted-rescue-of-james-foley-in-syria/#respond Wed, 20 Aug 2014 22:56:10 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=54131 The news came just moments ago from the White House. U.S. special operations forces early this summer launched a secret, major rescue operation in Syria to save James Foley and a number of Americans held by the extremist group ISIS, but the mission failed because the hostages weren’t there, senior administration officials told ABC News […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/08/breaking-news-there-was-an-attempted-rescue-of-james-foley-in-syria/feed/ 0 54131 Hillary Clinton Adopts Republican Talking Points – Criticizes Barack Obama https://ezkool.com/2014/08/hillary-clinton-adopts-republican-talking-points-criticizes-barack-obama/ https://ezkool.com/2014/08/hillary-clinton-adopts-republican-talking-points-criticizes-barack-obama/#respond Mon, 11 Aug 2014 13:30:04 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=53802 Hillary Clinton has decided not only to run away from Barack Obama, but she has joined the Republicans in blaming the Obama administration for the birth of the terrorists group ISIS and the turmoil in Iraq. In recent interviews, Clinton is quoted as saying that Obama’s “failure to help build up a credible fighting force […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/08/hillary-clinton-adopts-republican-talking-points-criticizes-barack-obama/feed/ 0 53802 U.S Begins Destroying Syria’s Chemical Weapons https://ezkool.com/2014/07/u-s-begins-destroying-syrias-chemical-weapons/ https://ezkool.com/2014/07/u-s-begins-destroying-syrias-chemical-weapons/#respond Tue, 08 Jul 2014 18:09:27 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=52946 Aljazeera is reporting that the US container ship Cape Ray has started to neutralise chemical materials that were once part of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s weapons arsenal, the US Defence Department has said. The ship, located in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea, began processing about 600 metric tonnes of chemical weapons and the raw […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/07/u-s-begins-destroying-syrias-chemical-weapons/feed/ 0 52946 Tunisian Women Waging Sexual War in Syria – “Sex Jihad” https://ezkool.com/2013/09/tunisian-women-waging-sexual-war-in-syria-sex-jihad/ https://ezkool.com/2013/09/tunisian-women-waging-sexual-war-in-syria-sex-jihad/#comments Fri, 20 Sep 2013 17:09:32 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=42782 Tunisian women have travelled to Syria to wage “sex jihad” by comforting Islamist fighters battling the regime there, Interior Minister Lotfi ben Jeddou has told MPs. “They have sexual relations with 20, 30, 100” militants, the minister told members of the National Constituent Assembly on Thursday. “After the sexual liaisons they have there in the […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2013/09/tunisian-women-waging-sexual-war-in-syria-sex-jihad/feed/ 1 42782 Senator John McCain Done Gone and Done It Again – Attacks Putin in Op Ed https://ezkool.com/2013/09/senator-john-mccain-done-gone-and-done-it-again-attacks-putin-in-op-ed/ https://ezkool.com/2013/09/senator-john-mccain-done-gone-and-done-it-again-attacks-putin-in-op-ed/#respond Thu, 19 Sep 2013 15:15:31 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=42737 Senator John McCain is sometimes considered a Maverick for breaking away from following his party and, according to Sarah Palin, going rogue. Well he done gone and done it again! This time, McCain not only drifted off from his party, he drifted off from his nation. At a time when the world is on pins […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2013/09/senator-john-mccain-done-gone-and-done-it-again-attacks-putin-in-op-ed/feed/ 0 42737 Amazing Deal Reached On Syria’s Weapons – Republicans However, Not Amused https://ezkool.com/2013/09/amazing-deal-reached-on-syrias-weapons-republicans-however-not-amused/ https://ezkool.com/2013/09/amazing-deal-reached-on-syrias-weapons-republicans-however-not-amused/#respond Sat, 14 Sep 2013 23:50:11 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=42588 This is a big deal! Russia and Syria has not only agreed that Syria has chemical weapons, a huge deal was reached on Saturday calling for these chemical weapons to be accounted for and destroyed by the middle of 2014! The joint announcement, on the third day of intensive talks in Geneva, also set the […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2013/09/amazing-deal-reached-on-syrias-weapons-republicans-however-not-amused/feed/ 0 42588 President’s Weekly Address – Possible Diplomacy in Syria https://ezkool.com/2013/09/presidents-weekly-address-possible-diplomacy-in-syria/ https://ezkool.com/2013/09/presidents-weekly-address-possible-diplomacy-in-syria/#respond Sat, 14 Sep 2013 13:47:16 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=42555 President Obama continued his call for action in Syria whether it be military or diplomatic, and he called on the leaders of Russia and Syria to continue talks with Sec. Kerry on securing and destroying Syria’s chemical weapons. “We’re making it clear that this can’t be a stalling tactic,” the president said. “We need to […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2013/09/presidents-weekly-address-possible-diplomacy-in-syria/feed/ 0 42555 Vladimir Putin, Put Your Shirt On. You Are Not Muscular, You Are No Saint https://ezkool.com/2013/09/vladimir-putin-put-your-shirt-on-you-are-not-muscular-you-are-no-saint/ https://ezkool.com/2013/09/vladimir-putin-put-your-shirt-on-you-are-not-muscular-you-are-no-saint/#respond Thu, 12 Sep 2013 11:01:00 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=42509 The fact that Russian President Vladimir Putin thinks he has the moral compass to talk about diplomacy is in itself laughable. The fact that he sees himself capable of teaching the idea of Diplomacy to Americans is Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud. Putin and the Syrian leader Bashar Assad jumped on an off […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2013/09/vladimir-putin-put-your-shirt-on-you-are-not-muscular-you-are-no-saint/feed/ 0 42509 Jon Stewart Fires a Barrage of Truths at Fox News https://ezkool.com/2013/09/jon-stewart-fires-a-barrage-of-truths-at-fox-news/ https://ezkool.com/2013/09/jon-stewart-fires-a-barrage-of-truths-at-fox-news/#comments Wed, 11 Sep 2013 16:13:55 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=42491 But we’re talking about Fox News here, and chances are they’ll have no idea what Stewart meant when he said; And I get that Fox opposes a Syria peace plan because its motus operandi is to foment dissent in the form of a relentless and irrational contrarianism to Barack Obama and all things Democratic to […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2013/09/jon-stewart-fires-a-barrage-of-truths-at-fox-news/feed/ 1 42491 Fox News Wonders if Syria is Sign That The End is Near https://ezkool.com/2013/09/fox-news-wonders-if-syria-is-sign-that-the-end-is-near/ https://ezkool.com/2013/09/fox-news-wonders-if-syria-is-sign-that-the-end-is-near/#respond Wed, 11 Sep 2013 12:59:33 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=42485 The video below is Fox News’ Neil Cavuto discussing with evangelical writer and former political consultant Joel Rosenberg whether or not the current civil war in Syria is a harbinger of the End Times. To be fair, both pundits were careful to say that we simply don’t know if Damascus is about to be destroyed […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2013/09/fox-news-wonders-if-syria-is-sign-that-the-end-is-near/feed/ 0 42485 Diplomacy Gets Syrias https://ezkool.com/2013/09/diplomacy-gets-syrias/ https://ezkool.com/2013/09/diplomacy-gets-syrias/#respond Wed, 11 Sep 2013 11:20:28 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=42480 One of the criticisms of President Obama’s plan to strike Syria was that once a country unleashes weapons on another, the consequences are unpredictable and uncontrollable. The same could be said for diplomacy. Obama’s speech last night was certainly different from the one he planned to give when he announced his intention to speak to the […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2013/09/diplomacy-gets-syrias/feed/ 0 42480 White House: President Will Back Efforts to Secure Syria’s Chemical Weapons https://ezkool.com/2013/09/white-house-president-will-back-efforts-to-secure-syrias-chemical-weapons/ https://ezkool.com/2013/09/white-house-president-will-back-efforts-to-secure-syrias-chemical-weapons/#respond Tue, 10 Sep 2013 16:59:38 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=42456 President Obama will back a United Nations effort to secure Syria’s chemical weapons stockpiles, the White House said Tuesday. Separately, a group of senators said they were working on a new use-of-force resolution that would only authorize military action if Syria refuses to relinquish its stockpile of chemical weapons to international control. This development took […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2013/09/white-house-president-will-back-efforts-to-secure-syrias-chemical-weapons/feed/ 0 42456 The Republican Hypocrisy on Syria – Imagine if Romney was President https://ezkool.com/2013/09/the-republican-hypocrisy-on-syria-imagine-if-romney-was-president/ https://ezkool.com/2013/09/the-republican-hypocrisy-on-syria-imagine-if-romney-was-president/#comments Tue, 10 Sep 2013 13:22:19 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=42449 Michael Tomasky made this observation on The Republican hypocrisy on Syria. Imagine that Mitt Romney were president. Romney took a far more hawkish line than Barack Obama did on Syria during the campaign. He wanted to arm the rebels, supported in-country cover ops, and so on. So if Bashar al-Assad had used chemical weapons during […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2013/09/the-republican-hypocrisy-on-syria-imagine-if-romney-was-president/feed/ 1 42449 Syria: Three Days of Bombings Planned https://ezkool.com/2013/09/syria-three-days-of-bombings-planned/ https://ezkool.com/2013/09/syria-three-days-of-bombings-planned/#respond Sun, 08 Sep 2013 16:11:13 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=42377 The Pentagon is readying more intense and longer attacks on Syria than originally planned, set to last three days, the Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday. War planners now aim to unleash a heavy barrage of missile strikes to be followed swiftly by additional attacks on targets that may have been missed or remain standing […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2013/09/syria-three-days-of-bombings-planned/feed/ 0 42377 Sec. Kerry – It’s Not Obama’s Red Line, it’s “a global red line” https://ezkool.com/2013/09/sec-kerry-its-not-obamas-red-line-its-a-global-red-line/ https://ezkool.com/2013/09/sec-kerry-its-not-obamas-red-line-its-a-global-red-line/#respond Sun, 08 Sep 2013 13:53:11 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=42372 US Secretary of State John Kerry says he and Arab League foreign ministers have agreed that the Syrian president’s alleged use of chemical weapons had crossed a “global red line“. Mr Kerry, speaking in Paris, is in Europe to muster support for action against President Bashar al-Assad. “Assad’s deplorable use of chemical weapons crosses an […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2013/09/sec-kerry-its-not-obamas-red-line-its-a-global-red-line/feed/ 0 42372 Jon Stewart Returns – Look… a Red Line! https://ezkool.com/2013/09/jon-stewart-returns-look-a-red-line/ https://ezkool.com/2013/09/jon-stewart-returns-look-a-red-line/#respond Wed, 04 Sep 2013 15:53:19 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=42280 After taking the summer off to direct a movie in the middle east, Jon Stewart returned to his day job on Comedy Central last night and did what he does best – deliver the news of the day, better than most so-called “news organizations.” There was a small issue of a red line that needed […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2013/09/jon-stewart-returns-look-a-red-line/feed/ 0 42280 Professor Says Attacking Syria is a War Crime https://ezkool.com/2013/09/professor-says-attacking-syria-is-a-war-crime/ https://ezkool.com/2013/09/professor-says-attacking-syria-is-a-war-crime/#respond Tue, 03 Sep 2013 11:34:32 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=42262 Professor Noam Chomsky says even with congressional approval, an attack on Syria without UN support is a war crime. “As international support for Obama’s decision to attack Syria has collapsed, along with the credibility of government claims, the administration has fallen back on a standard pretext for war crimes when all else fails: the credibility […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2013/09/professor-says-attacking-syria-is-a-war-crime/feed/ 0 42262 McCain and Graham on Syria – President Must Make Strong Case to Congress https://ezkool.com/2013/09/mccain-and-graham-on-syria-president-must-make-strong-case-to-congress/ https://ezkool.com/2013/09/mccain-and-graham-on-syria-president-must-make-strong-case-to-congress/#respond Tue, 03 Sep 2013 02:26:10 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=42243 (AP) — Two Republican foreign policy hawks say President Barack Obama must make a strong case for attacking Bashar Assad’s Syria if he wants to win congressional backing for the operation. Sen. John McCain tells reporters at the White House that Obama’s intervention now will be more difficult because Assad “is moving his forces around.” […]

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