Listening Post: Asking Congress to Back ISIS Strikes in Syria Is Tricky for Obama
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on August 28th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
Listening Post: Asking Congress to Back ISIS Strikes in Syria Is Tricky for Obama
A broad authorization of airstrikes against Sunni militants in Syria would carry echoes of the Bush era, outrage President Obama’s liberal base and raise the specter of an open-ended conflict.
Over 1,000 Russian Soldiers Join Fight, NATO Says
Satellite photos released publicly for the first time appear to corroborate NATO assertions that Russian forces are operating in Ukraine territory.
Ukraine Leader Says ‘Huge Loads of Arms’ Pour in From Russia
President Petro O. Poroshenko of Ukraine said that mercenaries and regular Russian servicemen were trying to overrun positions held by the Ukrainian military.