Tag: bashar al-assad

New Syria, Old Fault Lines

The Editors - December 9, 2025

One year after the fall of the Assad regime, Syria’s transition remains fraught with both hope and danger. The new leadership, dominated by former...

Pat Buchanan: “Before We Start a War…”

E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy - December 16, 2016

Mr. Buchanan reminds us of what Bob Gates said in February 2011 to the cadets at West Point, "Any future defense secretary who advises the...

U.S. One Last Chance

Richard C. Young - January 9, 2016

Originally posted September 29, 2015. Michael Scheuer, former CIA bin Laden unit chief writes, “by sheer and unmerited good fortune, the United States has one...

Taki Theodoracopulos on Syria

Richard C. Young - November 6, 2015

“Under The Black Flag”—Taki Takes off the Gloves. From Taki Theodoracopulos, a founding editor of The American Conservative: I have never seen a more...

Boots Back on the Ground

Richard C. Young - October 28, 2015

Are American voters aware that the Obama administration has authorized a boots-back-on-the-ground strategy in Syria? And do voters understand that the goal is to...

ISIS Seizes Syrian Gas Fields: Beginning of the End?

The Editors - May 19, 2015

ISIS has claimed control of vital natural gas fields in Syria. The Arak and al-Hail gas fields. The fields are vital to power generation...

Endless War for Empire Building

Richard C. Young - September 16, 2013

Americans want no part of bombing Syria. And this majority view is the correct view. Syria presents America no credible national security risk. Syria...