Syrians Deserve Self-Determination

“Assad must go. Assad must go.” This monotonous mantra has echoed endlessly in halls of power throughout the US-led imperium. In Washington, London, Riyadh, Doha, Ankara, and Tel Aviv, its chant has droned on for years, heedless of developments. Al Qaeda and ISIS...

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When War Hawks Coo Like Doves

Disastrous policies often raise the question of whether the policy makers at fault are stupid or evil. The scales tips toward malevolence whenever the guilty parties evince a basic grasp of the reasons why their schemes are calamitous. For example, Washington’s Syria...

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Clean Break to Dirty Wars

To understand today’s crises in Iraq, Syria, and Iran, one must grasp their shared Lebanese connection. This assertion may seem odd. After all, what's the big deal about Lebanon? That little country hasn’t had top headlines since Israel deigned to bomb and invade it...

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Where Does ISIS Get Those Wonderful Toys?

In the 1989 film Batman, after the caped crusader rescues a damsel in distress from the Joker using a fancy zipline gun, the clown prince of crime, played by Jack Nicholson, asks in bewilderment: “Where does he get those wonderful toys?” Especially upon seeing...

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Don’t Forget Syria

News about President Obama’s program to listen in on nearly all telephone conversations in the United States, which Antiwar.com has been warning about for over two years, has preempted much of the alarming coverage about Syria. But one should not assume that lack of...

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John McCain Cuddles Up to Syrian Kidnappers

When Sen. John McCain went to Syria to meet with Syrian "rebel" commanders and call for sending them US arms, he snuck over the border with Turkey to the town of Azaz – the headquarters of the "Northern Storm Brigade," and the site of a 2012 kidnapping by Syrian...

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Why John McCain Wants to Aid Syrian Terrorists

When John McCain slipped into Syria the other day to meet with Islamist rebels, Sen. Lindsey Graham tweeted "best wishes" to his fellow warmonger and claimed "dibs on his office if he doesn't come back." Leave it to Sen. Graham, who has been agitating along with...

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