The lack of comment from our heads of state is positive encouragement to every Middle Eastern leader who now knows their own misdeeds will go unpunished
In the real world, there should be a military alliance between the US and Iran. But as its withdrawal from the nuclear deal showed last year, Washington no longer moves through any known orbit
The real stories are getting pushed down the page – or “to the back of the book”
I’m getting a bit tired of the US Espionage Act. For that matter, I’ve been pretty weary of the Julian Assange and…
It is difficult to underestimate the seriousness of this manipulative act by the OPCW
When is a war crime not a war crime? When it’s committed by us, of course
Khaled Abol Naga – an outspoken critic of the Egyptian government – stands accused of treason ( AFP )It was comical, farcical, droll.…
By recognizing Israel’s annexation of Golan, Trump merely recognized that Israel has annexed America
The Syrian war is not yet over – although that’s what the world (including, it seems, the Syrian government) believes
Why do these wretched men not retire, gently, diplomatically, in a dignified way? They surely do not fear death. Presidents attract assassins. Retired presidents do not
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