The civil war in Syrian, which began in March 2011, drags on with all its madness and no end in sight. In that time, 125,000 (latest figures) have died and 2 million of Syria’s 6 million population fled, spilling its human burden into refugee camps in Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey and Iraq. All wars are destructive, but civil wars usually are among the worst. In our … Continue reading The Heart of Darkness: The Syrian Inferno
I had tuned in on Friday to President Obama’s Rose Garden appearance before the media, expecting an updating of data justifying a response to the alleged use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime in Syria. After all, Secretary of State John Kerry had spoken forcefully to the issue, calling it an act of “thieves and murderers.” How preternatural it seemed for someone who had … Continue reading Hamlet in the White House: Obama Blinks
The videos from Syria are horrific and unprecedented, with row upon row of corpses, many of them children, in what now seems to indicate some kind of chemical agent, perhaps nerve gas, judging by the symptoms, also captured on camera, of the last gasps and spasms of the dying. Presumably the attack was launched under the auspices of the Assad regime, since it’s well known … Continue reading Chemical Attack in Syria: Obama Looks the Other Way
