Foreign Policy
Four Crucial Takeaways from the U.S. Soccer Team’s Humiliating World Cup Loss
(To the f@cking BELGIANS!)
I really don’t have time for an introduction today. Here are my crucial takeaways from the U.S. soccer team’s embarrassing World Cup loss to Belgium, a failed colonial power that has accomplished very little in the past 100 other than serving as a rest stop for the German army:
Col. Jack Jacobs: Obama Nat’l Security Team ‘Weak, Isolated’
Thought Leaders Unite!
We all know that President Obama “doesn’t give himself enough credit” for being such a strong leader when it comes to foreign policy. So maybe he predicted the “icy” response to his West Point commencement address on Wednesday, which was almost universally panned, even by the New York Times.
That’s why he called in backup:
Even the New York Times …
... hated Obama's foreign policy speech
Whenever President Obama does something that is universally panned, such as his foreign policy speech/commencement address at West Point on Wednesday, he can typically count on the New York Times editorial board to have his back. Not this time.
“The address did not match the hype, was largely uninspiring, lacked strategic sweep and is unlikely to quiet his detractors, on the right or the left,” the Times’ editors wrote. “This was far from Mr. Obama’s big moment.”
The board did its best to highlight the good parts of the speech—“Mr. Obama did make a strong case on the use of force”—before unloading on the rest:
AP Reporter: Obama’s West Point Speech ‘Odd’
Chuck Hagel Goes to China, Embarrasses Self
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel went to China last month as part of his global climate change panic tour.
This was several weeks before news broke that the United States indicted five Chinese military officers on cyber-spying charges. According to the New York Times, the issue of cybersecurity came up in Hagel’s meeting with Chinese officials. How did it go?
Against the Obama Administration’s Imperialist Meddling in Nigeria
How many American parents would proudly send their sons and daughters off to kill or be killed in Lagos or Chibok? How many young men and women aspire to be the first American to fall in Damaturu?
These towns are located in Nigeria. That’s in Africa. President Obama has not publicly discussed sending U.S. troops to Nigeria, but can we trust him?
As the pressure mounts from America’s media elites and hashtag aficionados, what will he do when strongly worded condemnations fail to persuade Boko Haram Abubakar Shekau to release the hundreds of girls his group has enlisted in its quest for religious freedom?
ANALYSIS: Assad Early Frontrunner in Syrian Presidential Race
Earlier this week, embattled incumbent Syrian President Bashar al-Assad announced that he will seek a third term in national elections scheduled for June.
It should be one of the more contentious races of the 2014 cycle. As the Los Angeles Times reports, Assad remains “an extremely polarizing figure: His supporters laud his as the man who saved the nation from terrorism and rule by Islamic zealots. Critics call him a despot who led his county to ruin.”
But according to a Washington Free Beacon analysis, Assad is the early frontrunner. Here’s a look at some of the key factors that could boost Assad’s reelection bid:
Barack Obowma Strikes Again
President Obama has embarked on another global bowing tour.
