Al Arabiya has reported that Iran's Revolutionary Guard has now deployed 15,000 armed troops to Syria recently in order to help Syria's Bashar Assad against rebel forces. This corroborates a communication I had had from a source of mine on the ground that Assad has had a decent amount of defections from his army, almost entirely among Sunni troops.Hezbollah has also sent trained troops t...

Britain’s response to Syria so far has been uncertain and cautious. A YouGov poll today suggests that the public is keen for this hands-off approach to continue. When presented several possible offences, the public responds with almost universal disapproval. A measly 9 per cent would support sending in British and allied troops to overthrow President al-Assad. Only 16 per cent would support ...

David Cameron and President Hamid Karzai are to sign an agreement setting out how their two countries will work together after British troops withdraw from Afghanistan in 2014.

President Nicolas Sarkozy met the Afghan President, Hamid Karzai, in Paris yesterday and said that France would join in asking Nato to hand over all combat missions in Afghanistan to Afghan troops in 2013 – a year earlier than planned.

So now it's snapshots of US Marines pissing on the Afghan dead. Better, I suppose, than the US soldiers pictured beside the innocent Afghan teenager they fragged back in March of last year. Or the female guard posing with the dead Iraqi prisoner at Abu Ghraib. Not to mention Haditha or the murder videos taken by US troops in the field – the grenading of an old shepherd by an Iraqi highw...

Frankly, he's almost as clueless about foreign policy as Herman Cain and Ron Paul. Take a look at this, from Saturday's debate: Governor Perry, believe it or not, says he would send U.S. troops back to Iraq. "The idea that we allow the Iranians to come back into Iraq and take over that country, with all of the treasures, both in blood and money, that we have spent in Iraq- because this p...

These are links to stories that would suggest that war or military action against Iran may occur sooner rather than later! - The Fordo uranium enrichment facility located deep underground will come online soon - Iran crosses another nuclear red line. Fordo soon on stream - Israel and the United States are holding the Austere Challenge-12 exercises involving thousands of troops - Israel and U.S. to...

Pulling our troops out of Iraq was, I suppose, a good political move by President Obama heading into an election year but as far as good foreign policy ... not so much! "A suicide bomber blew himself up next to a large group of Shiite pilgrims walking to the holy city of Karbala on Thursday afternoon, killing at least 48 and wounding more than 81, according to a provincial security chief. The atta...

Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com People say FOX News is biased, but I can't imagine how you can possibly believe that when they allow a scumbag like Alan Colmes airtime. Regular members of Joshua's Army might remember that he actually applauded Iran's proxy war against our troops in Iraq and accused Sarah Palin of causing her son's Down's Syndrome. But his lates...

So I get my LRB and find that Alan Bennett is reading a review of the latest Ian Kershaw book: I turn the page and there is a photo of Joseph Goebbels inspecting some troops of the Volkssturm in Silesia...