Negative Space: Syria
- Failure theater in the Syrian war
-
Just when I think I’m starting to understand the Democrats’ new policies post-2016, they come out of left field and support war in Syria. Are they flip-flopping because of failure theater or because they hate Trump?
- Glaciers retreat from Middle East
-
As glaciers flee the desert, they leave once-frozen ancient barbarians behind.
- Why Americans distrust Obama’s refugee policy
-
The reason states are taking immigration law into their own hands is that the federal government isn’t doing its job. The reason this is politically popular is that Americans can see how dangerous the federal government’s policy of ignoring illegal immigration criminals is.
More Information
- Trump’s great talent is his ability to drive people crazy
-
“The most bizarre aspect of Rachel Maddow’s deep anger over troop withdrawal from Syria is that she wrote an entire book in 2012 denouncing illegal US Endless War without congressional approval—exactly what Syria is.” (Memeorandum thread)
- Five Years of Horror in Syria
-
“The leader of the free world disdained to help them because he had his eyes on a nuclear deal with Iran, and the clerical regime in Tehran was helping its Syrian ally Assad to crush the opposition like insects. If he helped the farmers and pharmacists to defend themselves and their families, Obama reasoned, it would damage his chances of doing a deal with the cruel regime that was Assad's partner in slaughter.”
