Teddy Roosevelt’s Big Stick Policy President Obama has confounded his domestic and international critics by adopting the negotiation posture first espoused by President Teddy Roosevelt: The widespread use of ‘speak…
A recent Tariq Ali article in Guernica – What is a Revolution – challenges misconceptions about the popular uprisings in the Middle East that some pundits characterise as the Arab…
Aid to Putin said that if Assad does not co-operate to handover chemical weapons then Russia may kick Assad’s butts. “Russia could abandon support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad if…
The Reluctant World Sheriff Right now, despite Senator Kerry waving a piece of paper after the negotiation session he had with Russia’s Foreign Minister, the wheels seem to be coming…
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, shakes hands with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after speaking to the media at the prime minister’s office in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday, Sept.…
Forget the unabomber. America’s moved on and filled Ted Kaczynski’s shoes with the duobombers. That’s right, old man McCain and his longtime girlfriend, Lindsey Graham. These geezers think calling off…
The report of a U.N. weapons inspection team finds that Assad forces have plenty to answer for but can’t be shown responsible for chemical attacks. “On the evidence currently available,…
I’ve always thought of Vladimir V. Putin as an amoral ex-KGB thug. And I still do. But I have to admit he wrote a rather progressive op-ed piece in the…
Is the United States poised to repeat the same mistakes in Syria that it made in Iraq after 1991? Chatham House, Associate Fellow, Nadim Shehadi, warns that is exactly what…
In this talk hosted by Democracy Now, Noam Chomsky raises a number of key points with respect to the U.S. government’s approach to Syria and Iran. He also addresses the…
While still ardent in her conviction to make her cold turkey retirement from blogging a permanent one, beloved ObWi ex-pat Hilzoy sends us this all-too brief dispatch (courtesy Donkeylicious) on…
While still ardent in her conviction to make her cold turkey retirement from blogging a permanent one, beloved ObWi ex-pat Hilzoy sends us this all-too brief dispatch (courtesy Donkeylicious) on…
In times of tragedy it is refreshing that cartoonists provide the humorous perspective.
Russia asked Syria to put chemical weapons stockpile under international control and Assad has agreed to that. Will that stop U.S. strike against Syria? “Syria welcomes a Russian proposal to…
“No series of internet based humour would be complete without an image of a cat and a speech bubble, and the Syrian army is no different. The cat in the…
It is sad that how war-torn areas impact children and what kind of life they live. To start with there are two million refugees from Syria in neighbouring countries and…
Sept. 7, 2013: For the second time in a week, Winnipeggers rallied in solidarity with the people of Syria and in opposition to a US led attack. After a brief…
Read The Huffington Post story here.
Obama: No boots on the ground. Any chance that the U.S. Congress will pass a resolution for a strike on Syria. It looks quite grim for Obama.
It’s interesting how selective the United States can be about weapons of mass destruction given that the U.S. continues to be responsible for widespread death and destruction from its own…
