... — Anyone who’s been paying attention to the Syrian vortex of death, and Russia’s role in ... ... taking a responsible and leading role in combating ISIS and preserving state sovereignty/the world order; ... ... Catholic Europe will be sending holy warriors in a crusade to fight Orthodox Russia’s attempts to ... ... office now who campaigned on the fact that invading Iraq in 2003 was a colossal mistake, who, keeping this ... ... by Alawate Shiites. It is backed by Shiite Persian Iranians and the Arab Shiite Lebanese militia Hezbollah....
A Sensible Grading of Obama’s Middle East Strategy: The Syrian Civil War
Grading Obama on what has—and has not—been ... ... largest and deadliest. Here, as in other situations, we have a crisis in which we must be careful not to blame Obama too much but ... ... and, unlike Qaddafi’s, had strong patrons in Russia and Iran who would complicate and increase the costs of any Western ... ... no-fly-zones, and the U.S. specifically partnering with its allies Iraq and (NATO member) Turkey to use drones, reconnaissance flights,...
... Part I: Introduction, Muslim World Reset, Iraq, Israel/Palestine
If you can’t ... ... Middle East Strategy (Sensibly): Part II: Syria
The cocks who crow “failure” ... ... midst of the worst economic and financial crisis since the Great Depression. Still even ... ... Netanyahu in Israel, from Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran to (the recently departed) King Abdullah ... ... illegally occupied, disputed land in East Jerusalem (which was occupied in 1967 along with ... ...
Obama deserves some credit for robust public diplomacy consistently condemning Israeli ...
How the Obama Administration Removed Iraq’s Largest Political Obstacle
Originally ... ... especially in Iraq’s western Anbar province on Syria’s border, saw the defeat of al-Qaeda in ... ... Islamic State of Iraq and Syria/the Levant/al-Sham (ISIS or ISIL) and now just Islamic State (IS) might ... ... among the reasons, ISIS was murdering and abusing thousands in ways that even al-Qaeda thought went too ... ... strengthen an Iraqi government that was in line with Iran in many ways and had resisted accommodating the ...