. Peru – The current warming that is melting the Quelccaya glacier in Peru began in 1830 according to Al Gore ’s friend , Lonnie Thompson ( Thompson 2006 ) * NOTE : The recent data from this ice core may be contaminated by rainwater that seeped into the top 20 meters of the ice . And the same is true for all of the glaciers he mentioned . They all started retreating at the end of the Little Ice Age . Most glaciers around the world are retreating while some are not , mainly due to changes in storm tracks .
MOSCOW ( AP ) — The Russian military is considering the possibility of regaining its Soviet - era bases on Cuba and in Vietnam , the Defense Ministry said Friday , a statement that comes amid growing U.S.-Russia tensions over Syria . Deputy Defense Minister Nikolai Pankov told lawmakers Friday that the ministry is considering the possibility of establishing footholds far away from Russia 's borders . Responding to a lawmaker 's question if the military could return to Cuba and Vietnam , Pankov said the military is " reviewing " a decision to withdrawconflict.yield.retreatfrom them , but did n't offer any specifics . " As for our presence on faraway outposts , we are doing this work , " he said . In 2001 , Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the military to pull back from Cuba and Vietnam as he sought to bolster ties with the United States .
Kerry said that all war planes over Syria should be grounded , to " prevent Syria from doing what it so often does in the past -- to target civilians . " UN chief : ' A make or break moment ' Speaking before Kerry , Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the United States had not done enough to rein in Syrian rebels under its influence , adding that Syrian government troop withdrawals had not been matched with rebel retreatsconflict.yield.retreat. UN Secretary - General Ban Ki - moon called for the ceasefire to be restored to enable humanitarian relief to be delivered . " We are at a make or break moment , " he said .
Crowd still chanting despite final warning from police . pic.twitter.com/AmFg3zm319 — Terry L Jones ( @tjonesreporter ) July 11 , 2016 Eventually , there was a spate of forcible arrests , even of protesters who had retreatedconflict.yield.retreatfrom the streets onto sidewalks and , in one case , into the front yard of a woman who tried to shelter them . After 50 demonstrators were taken away , Lisa Batiste , the woman whose front yard was raided by the police , told the CBS News correspondent David Begnaud she was shocked and disappointed by the behavior of the police . Baton Rouge home owner " very upset " after police storm her yard arresting protesters who had permission to be there pic.twitter.com/gwE8aRGKfL — David Begnaud ( @DavidBegnaud ) July 11 , 2016
Yet there is no doubt that she would take a very hard line toward Moscow . Among other things , Clinton recommended that the United States impose a no - fly zone in Syria despite the risk that it could mean shooting down Russian military aircraft that were operating at the request of the Syrian government . Anyone who is that reckless is not likely to retreatconflict.yield.retreatfrom confrontations in eastern Europe or other arenas . Indeed , she has already called for not only more financial assistance but more military aid to Ukraine . Even though Russia is now a weakened conventional power exhibiting little more than regional ambitions , rather than a malignantly expansionist totalitarian state with global ambitions , the bulk of the U.S. foreign policy establishment treats Moscow as though little has changed since the days of Leonid Brezhnev , if not Joseph Stalin .
A spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State said the SDF had withdrawn across the Euphrates , doing so " to prepare for the eventual liberation " of Raqqa , the radical group 's stronghold which lies further east . Isik said the retreat was not yet complete and Washington had given assurances that this would happen in the next week . " If the PYD does not retreatconflict.yield.retreatto east of the Euphrates , we have the right to do everything about it , " the minister said . The offensive is Turkey 's first major military operation since a failed July 15 coup shook confidence in its ability to step up the fight against Islamic State . It came four days after a suicide bomber suspected of links to the group killed 54 people at a wedding in the southeastern city of Gaziantep .
Panetta said the Obama White House did not press hard enough to reach a deal , and that the U.S. “ had leverage ” and could have “ threatened to withdraw reconstruction aid ” if Iraq did n’t agree to “ some sort of continued U.S. military presence . ” Clinton was involved in the negotiations as Obama ’s secretary of State and , at least publicly , supported the president ’s decision . Days after Obama announced he would withdrawconflict.yield.retreatall troops by Dec. 31 , 2011 , Clinton was asked on Meet the Press if critics had a point that such a withdrawal would “ endanger recent success in Iraq by not having any residual force . ” She replied : “ They should have raised those issues when President Bush agreed to the agreement to withdraw troops by the end of this year . ” She later defended Obama ’s actions at a 2014 town hall meeting televised by CNN . This time , she blamed the Iraqi government .
“ Trump ’s ideology is one of rejecting the destructive globalism of the last few years in favor of a healthy American isolationism , ” one prominent pro - Kremlin commentator declared on prime - time TV , adding that Trump ’s declaration of intent to work with Putin infuriates American “ globalists . ” The Kremlin is clearly happy to see a Republican candidate who preaches disbanding NATO ( or throwing it into debtors prison ) and advocates an American retreat from the world stage . If America retreatsconflict.yield.retreat, Russia advances , nipping at its heels . See , for example , Syria . If America ’s role in the world shrinks , Russia ’s role in the world grows .
The PYD and the YPG militia should not replace Islamic State there , " Isik told Turkish broadcaster NTV . EUPHRATES U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu by phone on Thursday that YPG fighters were retreatingconflict.yield.retreatto the east side of the Euphrates , as Turkey has demanded , foreign ministry sources in Ankara said . A spokesman for the U.S .- led coalition against Islamic State said the SDF had withdrawn across the Euphrates , doing so " to prepare for the eventual liberation " of Raqqa , the radical group 's stronghold which lies further east . Isik said the retreat was not yet complete and Washington had given assurances that this would happen in the next week .
Ukraine , which accuses Moscow of continuing to stir violence , has its part to play too . But despite numerous rounds of talks , there is little progress on either side . The violence , albeit at a much lower intensity , continues ; elections have n't been held in the breakaway eastern regions , Kiev has not granted them special status , and both sides accuse each other of using heavy weaponry meant to have been withdrawnconflict.yield.retreat. The Kremlin 's tactic internationally is to say Kiev is the chief cause of the impasse . With no sign of a breakthrough , friendly EU member states might start to do the same , say some diplomats .
Here are some of Clinton ’s foreign policy remarks Thursday , which take a consistently aggressive line toward Russia and Iran , in stark contrast to Trump ’s “ America First ” messaging . The ‘ Vacuum ’ Clinton described a “ vacuum ” that could result if Americans withdrawconflict.yield.retreatoverseas like America did during Clinton ’s State Department term , when the U.S. pulled out of Iraq and gave rise to ISIS . Trump has criticized the decision to announce the firm date when U.S. forces would leave . “ We are not a country that cowers behind walls , ” Clinton said .
After Khizir Khan , who lost his son in a suicide bombing in Iraq , declared at last week 's Democratic National Convention that Trump had " sacrificed nothing , " the Republican nominee claimed he 'd been " viciously attacked " and questioned why Khan 's wife , Ghazala , did n't make her own remarks . Criticism from Trump 's own party came swiftly , including in a lengthy statement from McCain , whom Trump previously derided for having been taken captive in the Vietnam War . But he and other top GOP leaders , including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan , made little indication they would withdrawconflict.yield.retreatsupport for the Republican candidate . Trump has also taken flak for appearing unaware that Russian forces had annexed Crimea in early 2014 , saying on ABC 's " This Week " Sunday that President Vladimir Putin is " not going into Ukraine . " Later , he argued that the people of Crimea " would rather be with Russia than where they were " -- an argument that Putin himself has made in justifying his annexation of the disputed Ukrainian territory .
Paul Manafort , the chairman of Trump 's campaign , also advised former Ukranian president Viktor Yanukovych , who was aligned with Putin . Carter Page , one of Trump 's advisers on foreign affairs , has openly praised Putin and criticized Western sanctions on Russian officials . Trump himself has praised Putin , as well , and has also called for the United States to retreatconflict.yield.retreatfrom its responsibilities in NATO -- which would probably increase Putin 's influence in the region . At this point , however , there is no evidence that anyone in the Trump campaign has a direct connection with the Kremlin , as Clinton 's spot insinuated . The Clinton campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment .
Restore the National Guard as the centerpiece of our defense . Ban use of drone aircraft for assassination , bombing , and other offensive purposes . End the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan , withdrawingconflict.yield.retreattroops and military contractors . Join 159 other nations in signing the Ottawa treaty banning the use of anti - personnel land mines . Lead on global nuclear disarmament :
Remarkably , ISIS fighters might become trapped in just hours as government forces continue to advance . Just a small escape route , largely made up of desert sand , links ISIS troops with the ar - Raqqah motherland which represents the capital of the self - proclaimed caliphate . Therefore , fighters of the Islamic State must either retreatconflict.yield.retreatwhile time is due or face persistent airstrikes of the Russian Airforce as well as seasoned government troops . Currently , Tiger Forces ( an elite specialized SAA offensive branch ) are leading the efforts to recapture the road ; however , their soldiers are also backed by hundreds of troops from the Syrian Arab Army ’s 47th Regiment of the 11th Tank Division , the Republican Guard , the Liwaa Al - Quds Brigade , National Defence Forces and Al - Ba’ath Battalion . Earlier this month , the very same Tiger Forces unit captured more than a dozen villages from ISIS in eastern Aleppo and thus secured a steady supply route to Kuweiris Airbase .
“ They are woefully ignorant about Islam and have difficulty answering questions about Sharia law , militant jihad , and the caliphate , ” she recently wrote in The Nation . “ But a detailed , or even superficial , knowledge of Islam is n’t necessarily relevant to the ideal of fighting for an Islamic State , as we have seen from the Amazon order of Islam for Dummies by one British fighter bound for ISIS . ” But how does the notion that terrorists are intent on getting powers to withdrawconflict.yield.retreatfrom their territory square with the view that the group ’s shift to terrorist attacks in the West is designed to draw France and its allies into a ground war in Syria ? Writing at the Harvard Business Review , Northeastern University political scientist Max Abrahms argues that these analyses are contradictory . But Pape says that it ’s important to distinguish between ISIS ’s long - term goals and its shorter - term strategies to achieve them :
They were on the march in Asia and Africa and South America . And so we faced a choice . Either we could withdrawconflict.yield.retreatfrom the world , arm ourselves to the teeth , and make ourselves into a garrison state . Or we could pursue a forward - leaning defense . Create a community of free nations .
He does n’t maybe react in ways that might cause people to think , Wow , this guy might be a little crazy . ” “ The ‘ crazy Nixon ’ approach , ” I said : Confuse and frighten your enemies by making them think you ’re capable of committing irrational acts . “ But let ’s examine the Nixon theory , ” he said . “ So we dropped more ordnance on Cambodia and Laos than on Europe in World War II , and yet , ultimately , Nixon withdrewconflict.yield.retreat, Kissinger went to Paris , and all we left behind was chaos , slaughter , and authoritarian governments that finally , over time , have emerged from that hell . When I go to visit those countries , I ’m going to be trying to figure out how we can , today , help them remove bombs that are still blowing off the legs of little kids . In what way did that strategy promote our interests ? ” But what if Putin were threatening to move against , say , Moldova — another vulnerable post - Soviet state ?
John McCain ( AP Photo / Ralph Freso ) -- John McCain said President Obama was “ directly responsible ” for the terror attack in Orlando due to his failure to combat the rise of the Islamic State terror group . From Mike DeBonis : The Arizona senator answered a question about the debate over gun control by citing Obama ’s culpability for the attack through his foreign policy : “ Barack Obama is directly responsible for it , because when he pulled everybody out of Iraq , al - Qaeda went to Syria , became ISIS , and ISIS is what it is today thanks to Barack Obama ’s failures . ” When pressed by a reporter on the claim that Obama was “ directly ” responsible , McCain reiterated his point — that Obama should not have withdrawnconflict.yield.retreatcombat troops from Iraq . “ He pulled everybody out of Iraq , and I predicted at the time that ISIS would go unchecked , and there would be attacks on the United States of America , ” he said . “ It ’s a matter of record , so he is directly responsible . ”