Even Diplomats Admit Our Middle East Policy is a Mess.
Of course it’s a mess bordering on schizophrenia. We can’t figure out which side we should be fighting, Sunni or Shia. We’re bombing Sunnis on behalf of the Shia in…
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About That Islamic Terrorism, Who Are We Kidding?
Well those damned Muslims have us in hysterics now. Rupert Murdoch says this is on all Muslims. Bill Maher says ditto. But wait. There are two strains of Muslims –…
Bomb’Em All – Well Except the Kurds, Maybe
By now we’ve all been well steeped in the brutal excesses of ISIS – beheadings, mass executions, torture – in Middle Eastern parlance, the full nine yards. And so we’re…
Syria Isn’t About Syria
Bahrain and Syria both have repressive governments and both had uprisings in 2011, the United States and Saudi Arabia stopped one but are continuing the other, showing democracy and humanitarian…