I think there are military coup’s happen which do not generate worldwide alarm. On Friday, parts of the Turkish military announced they’d taken over in order to reestablish constitutional order etc. But within a few hours President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reestablished control and was cracking down on the dissidents — and perhaps…
In the horrendous battle over Syria, one big question is Qatar’s role. Supposedly the Syrian conflict is due to the horrid behavior of the Bashar al-Assad regime, the people rose up in rebellion against that behavior, and the fighting has spiraled out of control. The rise of ISIS is therefore due…
About 11 1/2 years ago I took to the streets with thousands of others to shout “Not In My Name” and otherwise protest against the illegal invasion of Iraq, the illegal toppling of its government, etc. I spent a lot of time back then reading about the War which ensued,…
Many people are (rightfully) upset about the Middle Eastern countries and their supposed hatred of the United States. I kind of think that they’re rightfully upset at decades of Western (America and Europe) meddling in Middle East politics, manipulating the game to preserve access to Oil. And that this meddling…
You may have heard – there’s some sabre rattling in the Middle East, and this time there’s a serious risk of International War thanks to multiple countries deploying naval forces into the region, and the U.S. trying to act as a quasi-unilateral police force. President Obama is threatening the Syrian…
