Tag: Middle East

The misuse of American military power and the Middle East in chaos.

So what is the solution? How can the U.S. rein in this epidemic of suicide among active duty troops and vets?

The strange alliance between Israel and Saudi Arabia

Syria is much more diverse a country than it might seem from cold social statistics.

The United Nations is warning nearly 1 million Syrians are living under siege, double the number last year.

The rise of Mr. Trump potentially throws a monkey wrench into Middle Eastern politics, the fallout of which is uncertain.

The difference between success and failure in any struggle is the soundness of the strategy.

Maybe, just maybe, when this long, drawn out, reality show version of a presidential election finally comes to a welcome end, it may be possible that this media will turn its attention to critically important world affairs, especially the conflict in Syria; and the American people will no longer remain in the dark.

The War on Terror is not a war unto itself; it is just one facet of the larger agenda of perpetual war that this government, filled with bloodthirsty war hawks, has conducted for far too long.

“It seems a little unlikely that PM al-Abadi cares about U.S. electoral problems. He has his own reasons for wanting to roll up al-Qaeda in Iraq quickly. But his timetable could play into Hillary Clinton’s hands.”