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In a follow-up piece, I shall deal with the many options Obama had as Commander in Chief besides doing virtually nothing.... ... resulted in a regime change that put in place a President of the United States who is so unwitting a mole for Russia, grossly unfit ... ... the West that is becoming increasingly brazen: until this year, Syria and Ukraine were the most glaring centerpieces in Russia’s ... ... Germany and Austria. Furthermore, U.S. and NATO “ally” Turkey has taken a decidedly sharp anti-democratic and anti-Western ...
... Carthage. After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Soviet Union, the United States seemed poised to dominate the world for the foreseeable ... ... systems).
Now, America’s first non-white president, Barack Obama, has encountered a level of obstructionism and partisanship ... ... failed to effectively deal with conflict in Libya, Ukraine, and Syria, all within or near its periphery. The situation in Syria ... ... people further to the right. The assault on democratic norms in Turkey by its government is far worse. Still worse in that region,...
In the wake of Turkey’s downing of a Russian military jet that violated its airspace and Russia’s resulting casualties, tensions ... ... positions/villages—part of a series of Russian bombings in recent days that have targeted Turkmen—on the border area of Turkey and Syria. Turkey is supporting these Turkmen rebels against Assad that Russia is bombing, and had previously asked Russia not to ...
