What Role Will The United States Take In An Iranian Attack?
An attack on the Iranian nuclear facilities would take hundreds of sorties over several weeks. Eventually Israel would require the support of the United States. [dhr] [dhr] [dropcap]W[/dropcap]ith the...
View ArticleRomney’s Bogus Claims About Obama’s Foreign Policy
Romney’s attacks on Obama have been disingenuous and are unlikely to have much sway over independent voters. [dhr] [dhr] Mitt Romney’s biggest critique of Barack Obama has been that the President has...
View ArticleThe Problems With Intervening In Syria
Intervening to protect Syrian civilians is not as simple as some have made it out to be. [dhr] [dhr] [dropcap]W[/dropcap]ith calls continuing for the West to do something about the mounting bloodshed...
View ArticleThe Last Man Standing: Egypt’s Presidential Election
A round up of the main hopefuls in Egypt’s forthcoming presidential election. [dhr] [dhr] [dropcap]I[/dropcap]n just over a month Egyptians will go to the polls to vote for their next president. It...
View ArticleTurmoil In Bahrain
The protests that occurred during the Grand Prix shows there is still fire in the protests and significant opposition to the Khalifa monarchy [dhr] [dhr] [dropcap]C[/dropcap]ontroversy arose last month...
View ArticleAmerica & The Muslim Brotherhood: A Shotgun Wedding
The military were overthrown once, if they hold onto power, it is likely to happen again. [dhr] [dhr] [dropcap]A[/dropcap]fter the first round of presidential elections this week in Egypt we know that...
View ArticleBook Review: Passage Of Power, Robert Caro
While the book is hard to put down, the expectations for it may have just been too high. It suffers from too much padding and not quite enough substance to justify its 600 pages of very small type....
View ArticleWhite House Leaks: Where’s Joe The Plumber When You Need Him?
The leaking of top secret information by the White House combined with the heavy-handed prosecution of Bradley Manning make it easy to claim hypocrisy. But, compared to the Bush Administration and the...
View ArticleA Round Up Of Turkish-Syrian Relations
As Ankara has made such an issue of Bashar al-Assad stepping down, Turkish-Syrian tensions will undoubtedly remain highly strung for as long as the dictator remains in power. [dhr] [dhr]...
View ArticleThe Syrian National Council Visits The UN
Whether the SNC’s New York press conference was just a dog-and-pony show to curry international legitimacy or if they also have actual influence on the ground in Syria remains to be seen. [dhr] [dhr]...
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