Syria’s ‘Dead Man Walking’…
As Reuters reported today… America and Syria’s ‘dead man walking’ …A peaceful solution to Syria’s protracted crisis now looks remote enough to wonder whether Bashar Assad might outlast Obama in power....
View ArticleThe Syrian Swale &‘Iran Won’t Crack’
Interestingly, China took much affront to Madame Shrillary’s slander in Paris, apparently, just before her ‘surprise’ visit to Kabul… Clinton ‘slander’ of China will not work, Beijing says Chinese...
View ArticleAl-Nusra Runs Rampant In Syria
C’mon, folks…! Was there ever any doubt as to the Saudi/Qatari, Petrobuck-fueled, Wahabbist influence…? Islamist Factions Imposing Saudi-Style Religious Codes on Residents… …The police are charged...
View ArticleMENA Mashup: Egypt 3.0, Israeli ‘Green Lights’, and, The House of Saud
That incident is sparking the Egyptian Revolution 3.0 version… Egypt Opposition Urges Morsi to Step Down …Egypt’s key opposition bloc has supported calls for President Mohamed Morsi to resign amid...
View ArticleMENA Mashup: Eternal War, Libya, Iran, And, Syria
(Phyllis Bennis is a superstar…!) Thursday, the US State Department’s Bureau of Counterterrorism released it’s annual Country Reports on Terrorism 2012, from Chapter 2 Country Reports: The Middle East...
View ArticleMENA Mashup: Blind Arrogance, Genocide, and Zbig
Honestly folks, my jaw hit the table when I read this steaming pile of Wapoo… Saudi minister pledges aid for Syrian rebels facing ‘genocide’; Kerry more circumspect Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister,...
View ArticleMENA Mashup: AIPAC, AQAP, Egypt, Syria, and Yemen
Before I delve into the AQAP and Yemeni issues, I’d like to highlight this excellent comment from longtime FDL contributor, Dr. Jeffrey Kaye, on my last Mashup… …In Yemen, in particular, US news is...
View ArticleChemical Attacks In Syria – Cui Bono?
From Reuters… Syria gas “kills hundreds”, Security Council meets Syria’s opposition accused government forces of gassing hundreds of people on Wednesday by firing rockets that released deadly fumes...
View ArticleMENA Mashup: Bandar Bush, Code Pink, and Friends of Syria
I’ve been absent too long, pups! My apologies…! There has been a slew of foreign f*ckery afoot and a whole bunch of it leads up to the House of Saud’s stoop… Saudi Arabia warns of shift away from U.S....
View ArticleMENA Mashup: The Peace Farce Drags on, Iran Proposes Sweeping Changes
Phil Weiss, of Mondoweiss, best described today’s tête-à-tête between Bibi and Kerry… Netanyahu tweets tense photo of meeting with Kerry Here’s the transcript. Netanyahu begins by talking all about...
View ArticleMENA Mashup: Israeli Intransigence, the IAEA, and Iran
Seriously, pups, the Peace Farce is officially over… Official: No new peace talks planned Israeli and Palestinian negotiators have no immediate plans to hold new talks, after the Palestinian...
View ArticleMENA Mashup: AfPak, Egypt, Israel, P5+1 and Turkey
At the end of that Press TV interview, it would appear that Karzai’s little snit over delaying the signing, is all about his handgroomed Prez candidate and Washington’s preferred puppet…! Now, in...
View ArticleMENA Mashup: Egypt, Israel, and Turkey
After a month-long hiatus, I felt it was high time that I should resume my mashups…! Egypt is still a mess… At least 265 arrested in crackdown on Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood So with Sisi arresting the...
View ArticleMENA Mashup: Erdoğan, Kerry, and Sisi
Last time I’d checked, Erdoğan, was sputtering about how it was foreign powers that were propagating “dissemination propaganda”…! Well, Voilà… Erdogan’s corruption defense falls flat Denying the...
View ArticleMENA Mashup: Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, and Tunisia
Kerry hadn’t even cleared Israeli airspace when Bibi announced those new ‘settlements’…! One of Kerry’s (misguided) demands on Abbas was to concede on Likud’s Jewish State stance, Juan Cole served up...
View ArticleMENA Mashup: Arab Spring, Iran, P5+1, and Syria
So the ball is now in the P5+1′s court(s)… Iran says differences over implementing nuclear deal solved: negotiator Differences between Iran and the world powers over implementing an interim nuclear...
View ArticleMENA Mashup: AIPAC, Hillary, Kerry, and Sisi
As FDL Alum, Jim White wrote yesterday… Implementation of Interim Agreement With Iran Begins January 20, Paving Way for Further Negotiations …Somehow, Obama and/or Kerry will need to find a way to get...
View ArticleMENA Mashup: Al Qaeda, Egypt, False Flags, and Hasbara
(Part 2) (I enjoyed seeing Paul cite a FDL article!) “The U.S. needs to withdraw militarily from the Middle East. I’ve made this argument over the course of several years. I think that the projection...
View ArticleMENA Mashup: Egypt, Davos, Geneva II, House of Saud, and Israel
It’s been a bloody couple of days in Egypt… Death toll rises to 29 in Egypt’s clashes, 167 injured At least 29 people were killed and 167 others injured on Saturday during clashes between supporters...
View ArticleMENA Mashup: Egypt, Iran, Israel, and Turkey
Upon the third anniversary of the Tahrir Square revolution… What a President Sisi must clarify …The troubling thing for Egyptians is not that they are about to elect a new soldier-president, but that...
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