While new questions swirl about the influence of Islamists among rebel groups in Syria, the United States has moved significantly closer to direct military intervention in the brutal civil war by pledging a sizable increase in aid to opposition groups fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his allies. The aid promised by the Obama administration [...]
“WAR CRIMES IN PROGRESS.” Amnesty International so characterizes the escalating practice of Syrian rebels beating and summarily executing people associated with the Syrian government, many of whom are soldiers manning checkpoints designed to quell the insurgency. Free Syrian Army, the “umbrella” group supported by U.S. and other foreign powers and which “coordinates” rebel efforts, [...]
“THERE IS NO MORAL FACTOR BUILT INTO THE DNA OF US FOREIGN POLICY.” William Blum puts that biting punctuation mark on as essay in which he denounces the opportunism of American policy makers in supporting any kind of overseas forces who encourage American aspirations for global dominance. How else, he asks, explain the persistent [...]
The United States has deepened what is a growing commitment to support anti-government rebels in Syria who have taken up an increasingly violent resistance to the regime of Bashar al-Assad. With the conflict showing little signs of abating and the Obama administration escalating its rhetoric against Assad, the path may be set for imminent military intervention from Western [...]
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