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The cover is unquestionably inspired by the Stanley Kubrick film "Eyes Wide Shut." I tried to find a still from the film to illustrate the similarities, but I couldn't find any images that were appropriate to post to the forum. Needless to say, it is a good film and you should see it if you...

Claims that Assad is moving chemical weapons to Iraq. Or perhaps back to Iraq...? http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com/2013/09/12/assad-moving-chemical-weapons-to-iraq-and-lebanon-syria-opposition-general-salim-idriss-claims-to-cnns-amanpour/?hpt=hp_c2

Obama's speech was all over the place. The fact that you have to point to which slice you agree with proves that. He put a little something for everyone in there. By saying everything, he's saying nothing. He needs to pick a policy and stick with it. His administration hasn't even been able to...

Yeah, it was reported... by Obama. So it's a question of whether you believe that, or if you recognize what's going on here. The Obama administration has lost control of the situation completely. Russia is now in control, after Obama and Kerry got outclassed by Putin. The best Obama can do now...

The thing I keep coming back to is "who cares about chemical weapons?" It is an arbitrary distinction. Hundreds have died in Syria because of them. Over one hundred thousand have died by conventional weapons. The debate over chemical weapons is a sideshow. Taking a stand against them is a hollow...

Cried - What I'm saying here is paramount to the situation. Syria is just a pawn in a game between the US, Russia, Iran, and the Saudis. And as such, the international aspect to the crisis will return as soon as there is an opening. And important to the humanitarian side of it - This means the...

I'm suggesting that they were desperately throwing anything at the wall hoping something would stick. I don't believe for a second Obama actually thinks it has anything to do with sending a message to Iran or North Korea or Papua New Guinea. I think his administration began telling Republicans...

This was not an offer the administration wanted to make. Yet another unscripted moment has boxed this administrator in. Kerry and the State Department, through an official statement, both tried to immediately undo the "offer" saying it was rhetorical only. But Putin outclassed Obama again, and...

Not to go off on too much of a tangent here, so I will try to keep it relevant to comparisons to today - It doesn't matter if Reagan was "well-liked" outside of the US. He was respected by our allies, and feared by our enemies. Which is what a president should be. Obama is neither, and no one...

What good is an "unbelievably small" attack on Syria going to do? Why not just shoot some peas at them and claim victory, at this point? That would be an unbelievably small response, from an unbelievably small president. If you were hoping they were going to do anything to make a difference in...

How is this any different than me playing on Obama's name and pointing out that his administration is full of lies and misinformation? You may notice I gave him a big boy O this time, not out of respect for him, but out of respect for the forum. Mosh, did Carter's naiveté and weakness in...

Mosh, this has everything to do with 0bama. What happens in Syria is of no consequence... unless the US involves itself. We all acknowledge 0bama's red line was stupid. But why was it stupid? Because it committed us to an ill advised war. So why then double down on stupid and follow through...

My thoughts on that, Travis, if true, is that either Assad is laughing his ass off, or 0bama is lying his ass off. 0bama has stated that there will be no regime change. His administration has gone out of their way to emphasize just how futile and symbolic any strike would be, even listing the...

These bans are enforced against the losing side when the war is over. People are tried for war crimes. And if it is the winning side that used the banned weapons, then they face sanctions and global isolation. This is how it is done, not by other uninvolved countries electively inviting...

That is what intelligent military planning is based on. Not pie-in-the-sky Hope & Change. Who are we punishing? We aren't going to be killing Assad. So how does killing a bunch of people who almost certainly had nothing to do with it punish Assad? Do you punish a criminal by killing his...