The Chilean Unrest Isn’t Unique, It can Happen Literally Anywhere at Anytime

The Chilean Unrest Isn’t Unique, It can Happen Literally Anywhere at Anytime

The sudden explosion of violence in the comparatively wealthy South American country of Chile took practically all observers off guard after they had hitherto assumed that no such unrest was ever possible in a nation with such impressive macroeconomic indicators, yet that just goes to show that what occurred wasn’t by any means unique and…

Trump Shifts from Ending “Forever Wars” to Sending Tanks into Syria’s Oil Fields

Trump Shifts from Ending “Forever Wars” to Sending Tanks into Syria’s Oil Fields

US Defense Secretary Mark Esper Friday confirmed that Washington would leave military forces in Syria to maintain control of the country’s principal oil and gas fields. The Pentagon is “considering how we might reposition forces in the area in order to make sure that we secure the oil fields,” Esper said. His remarks came at…

Trump’s Syria ‘Oil Gambit’ is a Crime, and What may be Worse – A Mistake

Trump’s Syria ‘Oil Gambit’ is a Crime, and What may be Worse – A Mistake

US President Donald Trump’s baffling comments about keeping some troops in Syria to “secure the oil” suggest a confused, contradictory – and ultimately self-defeating – policy. Earlier this month, Trump appeared to have used the impending Turkish invasion to deftly cut the Gordian knot of US presence in Syria, citing it as a pretext for…