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In 2016, Donald Trump ran for president as a kinda-sorta, maybe-a-little-bit, “antiwar” candidate. Once in office, however, he escalated every war he had inherited, ending none of them, “surging” US troops into Syria and Afghanistan, making a public head-fake at withdrawing from Syria before changing his mind, abrogating the Iran “nuclear deal,” and negotiating a … Continue reading “Brian Mast As Foreign Policy Indicator: New Boss, Same as the Old Boss”

The long-harboured aspirations of the US, Turkey and Israel to topple the Syrian government, mainly through their rebranded al-Qaeda allies, succeeded at lightning speed. Damascus fell days after Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) forces under Abu Mohammad al-Jolani surprised observers by breaking out of their small north-western enclave in Syria and seizing the country’s second city, … Continue reading “Syria’s Assad Has Fallen – Just as the Pentagon Planned 23 Years Ago”

In a reversal of the old proverb “Better the devil you know,” the U.S. and its partners in the Political West have embraced the devil they don’t. In Syria, they have traded Iran for al-Qaeda. When Bashar al-Assad fell, many of his international partners suffered injuries. But none was hurt so badly as Iran. Unable … Continue reading “Trading Iran for Al-Qaeda”

The ongoing war and genocide in Gaza is unprecedented. Nothing that Israel and its supporters can say or do will avoid the historical accountability of the extermination of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip. The above assertion is critical, both for ending the Israeli occupation of Palestine and achieving Palestinian freedom. This is why. … Continue reading “The Tectonic Shift: The Gaza Genocide and the Limits of Israeli Hasbara”

The collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s rule is an opportunity for the US to overhaul its bankrupt Syria policy. The US should have abandoned this policy years earlier, but now there are no longer any pretexts for continuing the collective punishment of the Syrian people and the illegal American military presence on Syrian soil. The time … Continue reading “Leave Syria Alone”

After an inconceivably fast twelve day march through Syria by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is in exile in Moscow, his government has fallen, the more than five decade’s long Ba’ath rule of Syria is over and a group descended from Al-Qaeda is in control of Syria. The Assad regime only survived … Continue reading “The Syrian Rebellion: Who Are the Big Losers?”

The final weeks of the Biden administration have been filled with turbulence in foreign policy.  Some of the most serious wounds have been self-inflicted.  For example, no one forced America’s lame-duck president to capitulate to Ukraine’s longstanding lobbying effort to obtain U.S. ATACM missiles capable of striking targets deep inside Russia.  Biden and his foreign … Continue reading “Warning Signs for Washington’s East Asia Policy”

The Defend the Guard movement is a rising grassroots initiative aimed at safeguarding the constitutional rights of states and National Guard soldiers. At its core, the movement seeks to prevent the National Guard from being deployed to overseas military conflicts without proper authorization from state legislatures. By reasserting control over military deployments, the initiative emphasizes … Continue reading “Defend the Guard: Protecting National Guard Soldiers From Unwarranted Overseas Deployments”

Most of the casualties occurred in northern Iraq.

Washington finally completed its dirty war in Syria. What started as a CIA covert operation to smuggle weapons and jihadists from Libya to Syria has resulted in Syria leader Bashar al-Assad being deposed and replaced by Abu Mohammad al-Julani. Julani found his way to Damascus by rising through the ranks of al-Qaeda in Iraq. Inspired … Continue reading “Washington Celebrates Al-Qaeda’s Victory in Syria”