Issues Under Fire: U.N. P5 Report Progress on Syria, Iran Fast Track Nuke Talks, Netanyau Yaps Tuesday

Easing Tensions?

Early word indicates positive movement toward soildifying acceptable language for a U.N. Resolution dealing with Syria's chemical weapons stockpile. But beware the Russians, they've still got cards to play.

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani signals his country would like to have a negotiated settlement between Iran and the West in three to six months. Good luck with that. No, Really!

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could nix all of the above by just being Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday. The world awaits!

In the meantime, our gaze will shift to Egypt. 

It looks as though the protest capital of the world could take a turn for a Syrian styled clash with the Egyptian military. This week, the Muslim Brotherhood has been banned from doing business of any kind and most leaders of any repute have been captured or remain on the run. 

Percolating in the background of the Syrian crisis and the Iranian-Israeli-U.S. melodrama, the Egyptian military has quietly turned the clock back thirty years. This dangerous development is not one to ignore too long. 

Our next schedule video podcast on Monday 09.30.2013 will start connecting the dots and jumping to conclusions. That is of course, if the United States can keep its government afloat until then.