If you’re just coming back from a fun filled Saturday, you may be wondering what is happening in Syria. The short answer is, the Trump administration has attacked the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (again) for alleged use of chlorine gas on rebels in Douma, a neighborhood on the outskirts of Damascus. Eighty-seven members […]
“Syria’s Civil War Still Rages”
Cato Senior Fellow, A. Trevor Thrall writes that President Trump’s instincts on Syria are correct, but if the past is prologue, America will wind up stuck in the country anyway. The longer America remains engaged in Syria, the greater the likelihood of a mistake that puts Americans in combat with forces from Russia, Iran, or […]
What are America’s Limited Interests in Syria in 2018?
“Emotions should not be allowed to overrule what the president has thought and expressed many times: while the outcome of Syria’s civil war may mean everything to Assad, and much to Russia, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Israel, it means comparatively little to a USA 5,000 miles away,” writes Pat Buchanan in The American Conservative. […]
Can America Believe Syria Gas Evidence from the Soros-funded Opposition?
In the rush to war in Syria, most aren’t asking the most basic question, can the “evidence” of the gassing itself be believed? The organization responsible for bringing the gassing evidence is backed by Syrian rebels. That already gives them a conflict of interest when it comes to inducing the U.S. into attacking the Syrian […]
What Does America Have to Gain in Syria?
In his American Conservative piece, “Donald Trump is Samson, Blinded by Ring of Delilahs: Will he bring down the temple and all of us with it?” Ron Maxwell writes, “Samson is blind, only in this case his eyesight has not been taken by a lone Delilah. He’s been blinded by a coterie of White House […]
The War Party and its Due Diligence
“The sole beneficiaries of the gas attacks in Salisbury and Syria appear to be the War Party,” writes Pat Buchannan in The American Conservative. Some advice for National Security Advisor John Bolton: measure twice, cut once, if not at all. Most Americans, other than Bolton’s War Party, want to avoid another military engagement on foreign […]
Pulling Out of the Iran Nuclear Deal: A Big Mistake?
We asked this question of the Cato Institute’s foreign policy team. Here are the answers we received. First from Cato’s vice president for defense and foreign policy studies, Chris Preble: Pulling out of the deal is a big mistake. The deal itself places meaningful and verifiable restrictions on Iran’s nuclear program, virtually ensuring that Iran […]
We Must Stabilize Syria. Right or Wrong?
Despite the recent cross-talk from the Trump administration, America must decide whether it is the job of the U.S. military to stabilize Syria. Pat Buchanan, writing at The American Conservative, asks what has China suffered by not engaging in the wars in the Middle East. The answer, as Pat knows full well, is that China […]
Kudlow: Blame China, Not Trump
In his new capacity as head of the White House’s National Economic Council, Larry Kudlow has begun a push to create an alliance against China’s bad trade practices. To doubters of President Trump’s recently announced punitive tariffs aimed at China, Kudlow said people should blame China itself, not Trump. Bloomberg reports: The U.S. wants to […]
Scheuer: Putin’s Re-annexation of Crimea Justifiable
Writing at his blog, non-intervention.com, the former head of the CIA’s bin Laden unit, Michael Scheuer suggests that the reannexation of the Crimean peninsula by Russia was justifiable. Scheuer also casts some doubt on the legitimacy of claims against Russia by the West. He writes (abridged): No blessing ever seems to arrive in a manner […]
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