The United States must immediately end all—and I mean all—support for the Syrian rebels. It should abandon them to their fate, whatever that might be. It should avoid getting involved, just as it abandoned Eastern European anti-Soviet rebellions in 1956…
From the very start, the Obama administration has been pushing the crisis in Syria to the breaking point. More than any other factor, internationally, since the start of the revolt against Bashar al-Assad in 2011, it has been the aggressive…
The Pentagon, the State Department and the CIA are making war plans for Syria. And they’re pretty much announcing them Over the weekend, on a visit to Turkey, a NATO member, to meet with Syrian opposition leaders and Foreign Minister…
Egypt, whose revolution in February, was a landmark of the Arab Spring, is looking more and more like, well, Syria A plain clothes policeman throws stones at protesters during clashes on a side street near Tahrir Square in Cairo November…
Now that Nato is closing up shop in Libya, will it turn to Syria? Right now, the answer is no. But if the fragmented Syrian opposition – bolstered by Turkey, a member of Nato, which is turning increasingly against the…
News of America’s misadventures in foreign policy and defense The Pentagon, the State Department and the CIA are making war plans for Syria. And they’re pretty much announcing them Over the weekend, on a visit to Turkey, a NATO member,…
The crisis in Syria is getting worse, and then worse Perhaps it’s too late to ask the question, How did we get here? Whatever the case, the struggle for political power in Syria is probably something that will be decided…