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Joining the Howitat 27 Aug 2013 | 04:35 am
Max Fisher, writing in the Washington Post says that if you’re worried about war breaking out in Syria, don’t. “Obama wants to punish Assad, not win the Syrian civil war.” Obama will only pretend to ...
The Dog Ate My Homework 26 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
A number of articles examine the reasons why Barack Obama got into his current foreign policy fix. Powerline argues he let Turkey and Qatar run his Syria policy whenever he wasn’t taking his cue from ...
Anchors Aweigh 26 Aug 2013 | 02:22 am
The administration is appears convinced that the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons against its own population, according to the NYT and may be moving to chastise it. The BBC however cautions tha...
And I Feel Fine 24 Aug 2013 | 12:12 am
Ari Shavit’s evocative lede in today’s Haaretz is a reaction to the horror in Syria, He writes, “The End of the World is starting in Damascus … if civilians can be gassed to death in 2013, we face the...
Gelding the Lily 22 Aug 2013 | 06:13 am
Foreign Policy describes “How Russia Neutered Obama’s Chemical Weapons Response”. Moscow apparently foiled his plan to refer the recent Syrian chemical weapons incident to the UN. An effort by the Oba...
And Now For Syria 21 Aug 2013 | 01:20 pm
The headlines are alive with reports that Assad has used chemical weapons in Syria. Liz Sly, Washington Post Beirut bureau chief links to this video, one of several on the web now being uploaded. Coul...
The Age of Ambiguity 21 Aug 2013 | 05:07 am
They don’t call the news infotainment for nothing. It has more coincidences and subplots than a daytime soap opera. The Wall Street Journal writes, “allies thwart America in Egypt”. The “allies” list...
Irrational Numbers 20 Aug 2013 | 05:30 am
Gary Gambill at the Middle Eastern Forum examines the logic of “Arms for Peace” that he claims is being mooted as a model in foreign policy circles to guide policy in Syria. Arms for peace. How does ...
East of Suez 19 Aug 2013 | 03:58 pm
Terry Atlas, writing in Bloomberg says that Egypt highlights the disintegration of the US coalition in the Middle East and the collapse of its influence in the region. US allies Turkey and Qatar are a...
The Banker and the Boxer 19 Aug 2013 | 02:51 am
Those of you who have purchased my pamphlet, The War of the Words (for $3.99 at Amazon) may already know my answer to the problem posed by the New York Times. James Glanz asks “Is Big Data an Economic...
