Trump’s Foreign Policy Strategy Is All About the 2020 Elections

October 29, 2019

Washington’s official announcement of the withdrawal of US troops from the northeast of Syria has provoked alarm and condemnation at home as well as from Washington’s allies. However, it is easie…

Syria – The Kurds Want to Play on Both Sides

October 28, 2019

Opinion

When President Trump ignored bad advice he enabled progress in Syria. Unfortunately Trump is back at listening to the bad advice some State Department people are giving him: President Donald Trump say…

The United States, Turkey and the SDF: The Internal War Between Syria’s Enemies

October 27, 2019

Opinion

The truth is that in addition to Turkey, the US, the UK, France, Saudi Arabia and Qatar have armed, financed and trained about 250 thousand jihadis from all around the world since 2010 for the purpose…

The US Five-Point 'Non-Paper' for Syria Delivered by Bolton to Turkey

January 12, 2019

Opinion

US diplomats and military officials failed to present any specific details to their Turkish counterparts about Washington's plans to withdraw its forces from northern Syria during National Security Ad…

Trump’s Hail Mary Becomes Bolton’s Nightmare

January 12, 2019

Opinion

National Security Advisor John Bolton is making the rounds in the Middle East to try and salvage what’s left of the long-standing plan to balkanize Syria and overthrow President Bashar al-Assad in the…

Syrian and US Armies Now Both Protecting Kurdish-Held North From NATO Turkey

January 11, 2019

Opinion

The war in Syria has seen quite a few interesting alignments. At one point the CIA-backed Islamists rebels were clashing with the Pentagon-trained SDF. At another both Russian and American jets were f…

From “Bring Our Troops Home” to “Sykes-Picot on Acid”: Neocons Get Their Way on Trump’s Syria Policy

January 9, 2019

Opinion

Since it was announced a few weeks ago, President Donald Trump’s plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria has now — unsurprisingly – morphed from an “America First” policy move into yet another “Israel…

Trump Pulls Troops Out of Syria in Desperate Attempt to Save His Presidency, Causing Geopolitical Earthquake

December 29, 2018

Opinion

On December 19, Donald Trump announced in a Twitter message: "Our boys, our young women, our men, they're all coming back and they're coming back now. We won". Shortly thereafter, Pentagon spokeswoman…