Energy Secretary Chris Wright told CNBC that the U.S. Navy is not ready to begin escorting oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz. read more
[I]t's not just Israel's policies toward the Palestinians that have eroded Americans' good will toward Israel. Perhaps as important has been Israel's role in American politics ... . Israel, by behaving appallingly and then trying to silence any condemnation of its appalling behavior as antisemitic, gives ammunition to Jew haters. As Jeremy Ben-Ami, the founder and president of the liberal Zionist group J Street, told me, "When you end up using antisemitism as a pretext for kicking kids out of universities and out of the country, and you use it as a pretext for ending cancer research and use it as a pretext for undercutting the First Amendment, you're going to get some blowback against the people doing that." read more
Huckabee's comments drew swift condemnation from across the region, with U.S. allies expressing discomfort with his remarks. read more
Article 5 of the 1949 North Atlantic Treaty specifically focuses on "an armed attack against one or more of them [the parties] in Europe or North America."
Like NATO did after 9/11.
But this?
Uh ... no.
Maybe the Israeli Navy can hop on over and play? But nicer than with the USS Liberty (en.wikipedia.org), please.
Om mane padme om
Om mane padme om
Om mane padme om
Shanti, shanti, shanti
Folding the flag means taking care of the nation.
Folding the flag means putting it to bed for the night.
I'm lost in the folds of the flag
I'm falling through a hole in the flag
Help!
("Don't Put It Down" from Hair, 1967)
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What happened with Boaz anyway? I missed something.
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He's busy "liberating" the Strait of Hormuz, as we speak.