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When a great power destroys itself

September 27, 2017

The war launched on September 11, 2001, was designed to inaugurate a new American century. It certainly did that, but not in the way America’s leaders expected.

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Update: What do we do now in Syria?

April 29, 2017

When checkmate is inevitable, you resign the contest. We still need a leader who asks, intelligently, “What do we do now?” We need a leader who cares about the answer.

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What do we do now in Syria?

October 1, 2016

The world watches as Assad and Putin destroy Aleppo. Only a few years ago, western leaders hoped resistance organized from Aleppo …

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If the United States wants to lead, it needs to act according to a plan

February 11, 2016

I haven’t seen an actual plan anywhere. Let’s put Kerry and Trump in a room together with Putin, and see if they can come up with something. That would be a trip. President ‘yeah we have a problem here’ Obama may drop by occasionally to see how they’re doing.

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Why is Syria so difficult for the U. S.?

October 18, 2015

Is Obama to blame for Syria’s disaster? Interview with Michael Weiss.

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Obama and Rouhani best friends forever

July 19, 2015

We’ve heard the word ‘legacy’ again as we learn of Washington’s recent agreement with Iran. What do you predict about Obama’s legacy? …

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Universal doctrine of destruction

March 15, 2015

The news from Syria and Iraq gets worse and worse. As Washington cranked up its propaganda machine in 2002 and …

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A spreading brawl and world war undo the United States

November 10, 2014

I’ve been thinking a fair amount lately about how we arrived at the current war in the Middle East, and …

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Miserable or strong, the amount of work is the same

May 20, 2014

Observe Syria to see what a government will do to preserve its power. Syria’s an extreme case? Yes, it is, …

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The most meaningless job in America

January 20, 2014

Secretary of State John Kerry has the most meaningless job in America. His job description gives him one of the …

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Syria fubar

January 16, 2014

Editor’s note: For a translation of fubar, see this entry in the Urban Dictionary. Today we saw two headlines out …

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“We create our own reality”

January 4, 2014

Do you remember about ten years ago when the so-called vulcans on Bush’s national security council rather contemptuously dismissed their …

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