The Right's hatred of, well, almost everything, has almost ruined Christmas for many Americans. Still, it's antics are entertaining.
On October 11, Iran test-fired a new generation of surface-to-surface ballistic missiles capable of hitting Israel.
The Emad, as the long-range weapon is called, is a variant of Tehran’s Shahab-3, has a range of 1,700 kilometers, and is accurate to within 500 meters, according to Anthony Cordesman, a researcher at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. For those who might have missed it, here is the clip:
Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,
Earlier today, in "The Humiliation Is Complete: Assad Can Stay, Kerry Concedes After Meeting With Putin," we documented John Kerry's visit to Moscow where America's top diplomat discovered there are Dunkin Donuts in Russia and also found some time to talk Syria with Vladimir Putin and Sergei Lavrov.
After what amounted to a staring contest over the fate of Bashar al-Assad, Kerry blinked as expected, and the US is now willing to concede that the Syrian President may remain in power indefinitely.