Ops, can’t bring that up… ====== WSJ 4/5/2017 Just when Western leaders think they can forget about the Syrian civil war, Bashar Assad drags them back in. A suspected poison gas attack widely blamed on the Syrian regime killed at least 58 people in opposition-held territory Tuesday, including 11 children. Syria’s army denied using chemical weapons, but then that’s what the regime said in... Read more
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Obama’s Foreign Policy Is Forming Alliances We Never Thought Possible – Yahoo Finance
July 7 | Posted by mrossol | Iran, Liberal Press, Middle East, Obama, SyriaAlmost exclusively reactive, never proactive or leading. And this is what it has gotten the USA. I’m surprised that this article was published by the AP. The press has been oh so slow to ‘analyze’ impacts of Obama’s actions (hard to call it a ‘policy’) overseas. ===== AP Here’s how quickly things can change in the volatile Middle East: Less than one year... Read more
Putin Snookers Obama
September 11 | Posted by mrossol | Middle East, Obama, SyriaSnookered… How’s that “Change has come…” working for you? ========= Putin’s deft timing on a Syria chemical arms surrender plan snookered Obama Simon Tisdall The Guardian, Wednesday 11 September 2013 10.22 EDT It is no consolation at all to Syria’s suffering people, stuck with Bashar al-Assad’s brutal regime. But for Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president and long-standing anti-western bogeyman, the decision to put military action on... Read more
How Not to Persuade Congress on Syria
September 4 | Posted by mrossol | Obama, SyriaMore reasons why not to support Obama’s “ask permission of Congress” schtick. (Mind you, I hate what Assad is doing, but where has Obama been the past two years???? ) =========== By KARL ROVE Resolute leadership, clear goals and as much unity in Washington as possible are required when America contemplates military action. Someone should let the White House know. Two years ago President... Read more
Blurred Red Lines
September 4 | Posted by mrossol | Liberal Press, Obama, SyriaObama is a blatant liar. And I’ll say for the um-teenth time – don’t expect the “honorable liberal press” to call him to task about it. ========== President Obama isn’t easy to follow up San Juan Hill, or for that matter even Capitol Hill. Rather than walk point on national security, he prefers to blend in with the enlisted men and women.... Read more
The Politics of the Obama Delay on Syria
September 4 | Posted by mrossol | Middle East, Obama, SyriaPut me down as a “No!” vote on supporting military action against Assad. It’s not where this article ends up, but I do not believe we can continue to allow Obama to blame everything on someone else. ============= By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL The most telling line in President Obama’s Saturday Syria address came near the end, when he (once again) lectured Congress about its... Read more
