All wars involve a process of simplification: there are only two sides on a battlefield and everyone has to choose their own. In the Middle
Day: October 19, 2019
Winners and Losers in the Turkish attack on Kurds in Syria? Part 2
Turkish forces invaded north-east Syria (NES) only when it had coordinated with the US to define the red line of the invasion. Moreover, both superpowers, the
Here’s Where Washington’s Focus will Shift to After Syria
Much to Washington’s dismay, China is gaining further momentum in the Indo-Pacific region. As the US president pretends to deploy a hands-off approach to the
Geopolitical Realism Utilized by Obama and Trump
Donald Trump’s stance towards the Turkish intervention in northern Syria has some (stress some) resemblance to his predecessor Barack Obama’s position on Ukraine. Obama like
The War Crimes of the Dutch Government in Iraq and Syria
In an attack by a Dutch F-16 on a car bomb factory in Iraq in 2015, at least seventy civilian deaths occurred, revealed by the
Media and Politicians Didn’t Care About Chaos the US Caused in Syria for Years, But Now That Trump can be Blamed, They’re Outraged
Mainstream US media has been the biggest cheerleader for Washington’s chaos production in Syria for years, but now, as Donald Trump pulls troops out of
Everybody Betraying Everybody in Syria
Just what have we witnessed in the recent events in Syria? It’s hard to know, given the avalanche of superficial and over-the-top headlines in most
How Democracy Made Us Dumb
From the riffs of outrage coming from the Democrats and their demos over “our democracy” betrayed, infiltrated even destroyed—you’d never know that a rich vein
