The new line of discussion on Syria is not whether the regime of President (dictator) Bashar al-Assad will survive… Continue reading
It’s truly amazing that literally every day the Obama Administration finds a new way to mess up the Middle East… Continue reading
Wow, watch the less-than-four-minute video below and you get the flavor of the Middle East and the “Arab Spring” in every respect… Continue reading
The Syrian regime has been killing and repressing its people every day for many weeks now… Continue reading
Twenty years ago, I was a school kid chanting with my peers, “Our leader forever, the father, Hafez Assad!” Back then, I could not have imagined… Continue reading
Anthony Shadid, the New York Times’ pro-Islamist correspondent, writes an article on the… Continue reading
It took Syrian president six days to send troops and tanks to punish the small northern town of Jisr a-Shughour near the Turkish border… Continue reading
Here is the real Middle East not the Fantasyland of the Obama Administration about President Bashar al-Asad as a reformer or… Continue reading
The sharp dichotomy in America’s approach to bad guys is not merely intellectually inconsistent, it is muddled thinking… Continue reading
The young man was dangling upside down, white, foaming saliva dripping from his mouth… Continue reading
The situation in Syria is terrible. Hundreds of people have been shot; others arrested and tortured… Continue reading
Syrian President Bashar Assad’s Arab and Muslimsupport is melting fast. Debkafile’s intelligence sources report that his second most… Continue reading
I don’t have to write anything to make fun of current U.S. Middle East policy. All I have to do is quote administration officials… Continue reading
To be immoral is bad; to be immoral against your own interests is worse… Continue reading
Against the background of the fall of the autocratic regimes in Tunisia and Egypt, the massive demonstrations in Yemen, Syria and Bahrain… Continue reading
Here’s an unavoidable question: Why is it that when a relatively moderate Middle East state is threatened by demonstrations… Continue reading
A narrative has emerged to explain the varied responses of the Turkish government, led by the Justice and Development Party, or… Continue reading
Despite the escalation of Syria’s political crisis, most media affiliated with Iran’s conservative camp, mainly official media, have continued to… Continue reading
Before I remark on the idiotic analysis of the day, I have to write a disclaimer. Up to now I usually don’t remark on… Continue reading
As I predicted yesterday, the Syrian government has now started a full-scale violent crackdown against oppositionists… Continue reading
OK. I admit it. It’s hopeless. When prestigious newspapers can’t get the most basic points about the Middle East correct… Continue reading
There’s a bit of a mystery regarding Syria. First, who is the opposition? Second, what will happen… Continue reading
Today [April 23] Syria has entered its biggest internal crisis since 1970. The regime has come out to crush the… Continue reading
President Bashar Assad, while abrogating Syria’s detested 48-year old emergency laws Tuesday, April 19, immediately replaced them with… Continue reading
Hamas has found itself in a predicament over the clash between its solidarity with Muslim Brotherhood elements in Syria interested in toppling… Continue reading
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Hello Mike, Thank you for your positive feedback to the article. I felt there wasn’t too much critical analysis of ...
Thanks for this considered and well constructed article. A follow up article on the manner in which the editorial contro...
THE CLUELESSNESS OF CLAIMING THAT OBAMA'S MIDDLE EAST POLICIES WERE A FAILURE CANNOT BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH, WHAT THE...
As long as Obama is the president of the usa do not trust the us government......
Thank you for an good read....