Showing posts with label Syria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Syria. Show all posts
Sunday, December 08, 2024

Syrious Change - The Assad Regime Falls

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The fall of the despot Bashar Assad has opened new risks and opportunities in the Middle East. The Detroit News: Jubilation and gunfire as S...
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Wednesday, April 11, 2018

The UN: From Hope, To Tragedy, To Farce, To Tragedy, To Farce Yet Again

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The UN is often a self-parody of itself, doing things that you just can't make up if you tried. It has beclowned itself yet again this ...
Monday, December 26, 2016

This Latest European Idea Makes The Children's Crusade Seem Like An Act of Strategic Brilliance

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Breitbart: European Lefties Plan to March on ISIS While Waving White Flags Someone tell me this is a bit of satire gone off, but it seems t...
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Monday, November 30, 2015

He's Not Exactly Inviting Them Over To His House, Now Is He?

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The Detroit News: Rev. Jackson: Welcome Syrian refugees to Mich. I'll note that the Reverend, and I use that term loosely in this case...
Sunday, November 15, 2015

The Governerd Begins To Get A Clue

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Suddenly, 10,000 unvetted Syrian "refugees" settling in Michigan doesn't seem like such a good idea. WXYZ: Gov. Snyder puts S...
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Monday, September 28, 2015

Putin Plays Middle East Chess As Obama Struggles To Figure Out Checkers

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Get a load of this headline in the Detroit Free Press: Obama offers to work with Putin, Iran on Syria; Putin says work with Assad Obama de...
Sunday, September 28, 2014

Understatement Of The Day

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Obama: U.S. underestimated Islamic State You don't say Mr. ISIL is " a JV team ". Not to worry though, he still doesn'...
Saturday, September 20, 2014

Och, Aqsa Mahmood Is Such A Fine Scottish Name

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Hard on the heels of Scotland voting to remain in union with the United Kingdom, Tam links to a fascinating article of how a woman has left...
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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

What The Heck Did I Just See?

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Over at Of Arms and The Law , Mr. David Hardy has a link to what may be the latest head-scratcher video to come out of the Middle East: L.A...
Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Only The Credulous Would Be Surprised By Either Story Coming Out of The Middle East Today

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Two stories that show the real state of the Middle East, as many a clenched fist meet's Obama's appeasing open hand: The first surp...
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Thursday, September 12, 2013

Putin to Obama: How's It Feel To Be My Bitch?

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Remmeber all that smart diplomacy, that presentation of the "reset" button to Russia from Hillary Clinton ? You know the one where...
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Friday, May 31, 2013

Flint Michigan Woman Goes Jihadi, Allegedly Gets Killed Fighting With Al Qaeda Affiliate In Syria

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The Detroit News: Flint mother, 33, killed in Syria The Detroit Free Press: Flint woman, 33, killed by Syrian government forces, family sa...
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Monday, May 06, 2013

How About Those Obama Red Lines

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President Obama's Red Line Calculus tough talk seems to have resulted in a rhetorical miscalculation.  Officials in the Obama adminis...
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Friday, November 16, 2012

Israel In Obama's New And Improved Middle East

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Hamas continues to fire rockets that have hit Tel Aviv and Jerusalem . It looks like Israel may expand the defensive measures to include gr...
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Monday, November 12, 2012

Misleading Headline Of The Day Israel/Syria Edition

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The Detroit Free Press' headline: Israel fires at Syria for 2nd straight day Sounds awfully aggressive on the part of the Israelis, no...
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Sunday, November 04, 2012

Syria Regime Losing So Is It Seeking To Broaden The Conflict?

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Syria's leaders seem to continue to overlook the axiom that "When You're In A Hole, Stop Digging". After having its hands...
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Syrian Conflict Introduces An Awesome-Cool New Shooting Position

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Yep, the truce in Syria is unexpectedly yet officially over before it has even begun , with Syria launching heavy air strikes on its own pop...
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Monday, October 29, 2012

Not Syrias About Truces

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The Detroit Free Press: Syria truce collapse shows limits of diplomacy The U.N. tried to broker a halt to fighting over the four-day Eid a...
Friday, October 26, 2012

Syrian Truce Breaks Down - Completely Unexpected

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On October 18, Turkey calls for truce in Syria for Muslim holiday Today: Fighting mars Syria holiday truce; protests resume The Syrian...
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Now Who Could Have Predicted This?

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Syria ignores cease-fire plan From The Detroit News: Syrian troops defied a U.N.-brokered cease-fire plan on Tuesday, launching fresh atta...