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Air Force F-15 Wing Commander to Subordinates: USA Is “Doing the Lord’s Work” in the Middle East
What in the hell is going through the mind of the most senior commanding officer at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base anyway?
Does Alan Grayson Want War With Iran?
Florida Democratic Representative Alan Grayson was a vocal opponent of plans for direct military intervention in the Syrian civil war.
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On March 21, Be in Washington, Be in the Street
A rally at the White House will protest ongoing US military intervention in the Middle East, which is expected to cause the deaths and displacement of millions.
How Did Syria Get Here?
Wars may be how Americans learn geography, but do they always learn the history of how the geography was shaped by wars?
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Once a Top Booster, Ex-US Envoy No Longer Backs Arming Syrian Rebels
An ambassador has dropped his call to provide weapons to rebels.
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Dear Syria: From One Refugee to Another
Dear Syrian refugee, it has been 66 years and counting since my people's dispossession began. We are yet to return, but that is a battle for my children, and …
Syria: the Way Forward, Without Illusions
From the beginning, it was inevitable that this conflict, however it began, would morph into a proxy war between Iran and those who were deeply concerned by Iran's …
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Are Assad’s Days Numbered?
Bashar al-Assad will eventually become the target of the US campaign against ISIS in Syria.
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In Praise of Buffer States
Buffer states keep armies apart and allow important regional countries to trade in peace.
Intervention in the Islamic State Increasingly Messy
President Obama's alliance aims to degrade and destroy the Islamic State, but US allies are acting in their own self-interests.