Foreign Policy

In conjunction with pressing flight rules over disputed islands controlled by Japan, China publishes nuclear attack plan against US. They're going all out to keep the US from blocking them from taking over those islands. And I expect they'll get them.  Japan rejects. US vows to defend Japan.

Can Obama's peace deals in the Middle East be trusted?

"Should we trust Obama to be honest in his peace talks with Iran and Syria? His lightning shift from warmonger to peacemaker surprised everyone, including his closest regional allies – Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey – not to mention the entire U.S. congress, many of whom seem intent on sabotaging the Iran peace talks by imposing more war-provoking sanctions.
Let’s not forget that Obama was minutes away from blasting Syria into the Stone Age, but as he stared into the abyss of war he blinked at the last moment. Obama hid the consequent humiliation behind a hastily agreed upon chemical weapons deal proposed by Russia, which served to buy him time to think about the regional war he damn near started."

"It’s crucial to remember that Obama could have pursued a peaceful path for well over a year, when Russia and Syria first proposed peace talks. Obama ignored the proposals and John Kerry publicly ridiculed them, so confident they were that the U.S.-backed rebels would topple Assad. This strategy pushed Syrian civilization into barbarism, and peace talks were again proposed last spring – but Obama’s rebels boycotted the talks, since Obama had a plan to help the rebels topple the regime via a Libyan-style US military bombing campaign.
So Syrian blood was allowed to keep flowing. For at least two years Obama oversaw and coordinated – via the CIA – the Syrian “arms trafficking pipeline” – as The New York Times called it – which has helped drive the death count to over 100,000 and made millions more refugees."

Nothing Obama says can be trusted. The one thing that's new is the US military is pushing for negotiations, not more war.

Israel still threatens Iran.