Reading Time: 4 minutes So far, Islamic State forces have stopped short of using civilians as a buffer between its and the advancing Iraqi military
Tag: Syria
Emboldened Putin rolling over feckless Obama
Reading Time: 4 minutes To the KGB-schooled “hard men” of the Kremlin, dealing with the Obama administration is akin to taking candy from a baby
Mustard gas – the original WMD – is set to stage a return
Reading Time: 4 minutes After an absence of almost a century, mustard gas is about to return to the modern battlefield
Yet another Syrian ceasefire without good prospects
Reading Time: 3 minutes Even if the U.S. succeeds in rolling back the Islamic State, one or more rebel alliances committed to Sharia law will rise up in its place
Turkey incursion upends Syrian battlefield
Reading Time: 3 minutes The objective is to prevent the seizure of the portion of Aleppo province by U.S.-supported Syrian Democratic Forces
The Syrian ceasefire is a farce
Reading Time: 3 minutes From the Kremlin’s standpoint, the ‘Syrian ceasefire’ served its political purpose – it forestalled a Turkish ground invasion of Syria
COP21 the latest ‘last chance’ for humanity
Reading Time: 3 minutes ISIS and the delegates to COP21 are all purveyors of apocalyptic ideologies
Terrorism a perversion of the human condition
Reading Time: 3 minutes Islamic terrorists are not the only group of religious people who commit violence
Canada has no moral choice but to take refugees
Reading Time: 3 minutes “By making Syrian refugees the enemy, we are playing into (the terrorists’) hands”
Trudeau should push for a Kurdish state
Reading Time: 3 minutes A unified Kurdish state western interests because it would create a moderate majority-Muslim state that is largely pro-western