foreign-affairs
Herman Cain Actually Asked Henry Kissinger to Be His Secretary of State
Jim Newell · 11/15/11 01:44PMHenry Kissinger is an old sociopathic war criminal who'd be arrested in most countries for his horrible crimes against humanity — or, as they call such people in Washington, an elder statesman. More importantly, he's one of the few foreign policy guys Herman Cain's heard of! That's why he offered him the job of Secretary of State, hilariously.
Libya Question Leads to Hot Herman Cain Brain Fart Action
Jim Newell · 11/14/11 05:25PMIn a meeting with the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel's editorial board, Herman Cain was asked whether he agreed with President Obama on Libya or not. Maybe that was vague, but that's a good thing! It invited him to simply deliver his canned spiel about Libya. He did have a canned spiel about Libya, right?
Europe's Most Embarrassing Prime Minister Finally Resigns
Max Read · 11/12/11 04:01PMSyria Spanked by Arab League
Max Read · 11/12/11 10:38AMAt Last! Silvio Berlusconi Says He'll Resign
Jim Newell · 11/08/11 03:10PMObama, Sarkozy Caught Bitching About Israeli PM
Max Read · 11/07/11 11:09PMMuammar Gaddafi Might Have Been the Richest Person in the World
Max Read · 10/22/11 10:45AMSaudi Crown Prince Dies in U.S.
Max Read · 10/22/11 08:31AMObama: Troops Will Be Out of Iraq by Year's End
Jim Newell · 10/21/11 12:36PMRepublicans Thank Everyone But Obama for Qaddafi's Demise
Jim Newell · 10/20/11 04:26PMClinton, Karzai Laugh at Herman Cain's Silly Talk
Jim Newell · 10/20/11 11:58AMIn another disturbing confirmation that, yes, the rest of the world is watching, Afghan President Hamid Karzai appears to have caught that clip of Herman Cain dismissing "insignificant" countries like "Ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan" as things that aren't worth learning about. He even got Hillary Clinton to bring it up during their latest meeting, to share a laugh. "That wasn't right, but anyway, that's how politics are," Karzai empathized.
Herman Cain's Foreign Policy, in One Word: 'Ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan'
Jim Newell · 10/10/11 01:24PMThe Republican party's latest affection in its presidential candidate speed-dating process, Herman Cain, is not and does not pretend to be this cycle's "foreign policy candidate." He doesn't want to be, and you can't make him! Instead, when quizzed about international relations, he will just mock his own lack of knowledge. That's his winning charm, maybe?
Yemen President Says He'll 'Leave Power in Coming Days'
Max Read · 10/08/11 09:39AMYou Should Probably Start Preparing For War With Pakistan
John Cook · 09/27/11 01:20PMBecause we've been in a low-grade one, it appears, for years. Now that Adm. Mike Mullen has publicly accused Pakistan's intelligence agency of helping attack the U.S. embassy in Kabul, stories of heretofore secret Pakistani malfeasance are starting to leak out. It's almost like someone wants to start a war or something.
Did Wikileaks Decapitate Al Jazeera?
Ryan Tate · 09/20/11 07:53PMIsraeli Ambassador Leaves Egypt as Protestors Break In to Embassy
Max Read · 09/10/11 08:58AMSurprise! CIA Had 'Close Ties' to Libyan Intelligence
Max Read · 09/03/11 03:11PMSyrian Dictator Now Beating Up Cartoonists
Jeff Neumann · 08/25/11 06:27AMRenowned Syrian political cartoonist Ali Ferzat was found severely beaten early this morning on the Damascus Airport road, apparently by plain clothes government thugs, or shabiha. A picture from the hospital today shows both of his hands appearing to be severely injured. Long critical of the Assad family, Ferzat was nonetheless tolerated and, as the Guardian notes, even respected by Bashar al-Assad at one point. Ferzat told the paper in 2001 about an encounter he had with Bashar the aspiring opthamologist:
Iran Wants Security Council Action Over Britain's Riot Response
Jeff Neumann · 08/10/11 07:16AMIranian government officials are loving the riots in Britain. In a flurry of statements over the last couple of days, lawmakers have attacked the police response and said they'd like to send human rights observers to London to keep an eye on events there. Iran's Majlis are even thinking about closing the British embassy in Tehran.