There are many solutions proposed and all of them involve Assad and ISIS. The West: Remove Assad and bomb ISIS; Syrian Opposition: whoever they are: Remove Assad; Turkey: Remove Assad and […]
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The Enemy Within
The US, the people and its congress, all fear Middle East migrants and a Parisian style attack with good reason. The bombing campaign in Syria and Iraq are fuelling widespread hatred […]
Finally, a Bi-partisan US Foreign Policy
The differences in US foreign policy between the Republicans and Democrats are becoming increasingly blurred. There are significantly different views on domestic issues but, in foreign policy, they seem almost in lock […]
An Endless Cycle of Violence
We seem to be locked into an endless cycle of ‘tit for tat’ violence – Israelis and Palestinians, Muslim extremists and the West. Every act by one engenders a violent response by […]
Irrational Euro anti-Terror Strategy
Hollande and the West and ISIL Hollande is making all sorts of bellicose noises about responding to the Islamic declaration of war with one of his own. Both he and the US […]
The Crown of Perfidy newly Awarded
Edward Morgan, an English author in 1920 described England thusly: “The Germans are called brutal, the Spanish cruel, the Americans superficial, and so on; but we are perfide Albion, the island of hypocrites, […]
Muddle East Nuclear Proliferation
Israel will not countenance any country in the Middle East possessing technology or weapons equal to or better than theirs. Iran recently proposed a nuclear free Middle East as a solution to […]
A Medley of Issues
Israel Netanyahu’s win did not come as a surprise but it does throw a spanner into the works and the US’s (and international) unrealistic expectation for a two state solution. As […]
The Forever War
In the last centuries we have witnessed in Europe the 100 years War1337-1453, and the 30 years War 1618-1648. One could also point to World War I as having begun in 1914, […]
China and US Financial Hegemony
I earlier submitted a post regarding the loss of US influence in Latin America and the growing commercial clout of China in that region. This has recently been highlighted by the US […]
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