Baby steps toward peace
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 07/23/2018 - 1:42pmAmerica's primary ally in Syria, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), is preparing to negotiate with the Assad government of Syria.
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I wrote a diary in the Daily kos regarding current US foreign policy in Ukraine and Syria. I believe this response to that diary is a perfect example of Democrats in this day and age.
Submitted by Akze on Thu, 07/19/2018 - 5:44amI will take American officials arming neonazis in Ukraine (even if I were to accept your characterization, which I do not) over Russians making us NOT arm them every day of the week and twice on Sundays. And I think anyone who wouldn’t should just go ahead and move to Moscow already and let the Americans figure out America for ourselves.
What exactly is "fake news"?
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 07/18/2018 - 5:35pmOn April 20, CNN finished a report on fake news with this statement:
Just Asking, Again
Submitted by Cant Stop the M... on Mon, 07/16/2018 - 3:46pmAn 
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with respectful h/t to David Foster Wallace and wendy davis
Iran had a good week
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 06/13/2018 - 3:17pmThe United States has been rapidly losing influence in Asia these past few months, but this past week really solidified that loss.
Amnesty International: U.S. committed war crimes in Raqqa
Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 06/05/2018 - 1:44pmIt's become a pattern. Wherever our enemies have dug into an urban area, we've bombed that city to rubble regardless of the people living there.
U.S. warns Syria against fighting rebels
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 05/28/2018 - 12:05pmIt looks like Washington has officially taken sides in Syria's civil war. We are now on ISIS's side.
The Israel-Iran proxy war in Syria has begun
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 05/09/2018 - 9:25pmIsrael has been bombing Syria for years. They've struck both Syrian and Iranian forces at least 100 times.
During all that time, Iran never struck back.
The next stage in Syria's civil war depends on foreign nations
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 05/07/2018 - 1:20pmWith the rebel's evacuation from Homs province, and the last rebel-held Damascus suburb, Assad's regime is now stable.
Syrian bomb blast 2.6 on the Richter scale--that's a MOAB!
Submitted by Alligator Ed on Mon, 04/30/2018 - 10:30pmCoincidence? There are no coincidences in politics or war. There is a fog of war, true. The plan of battle disappears with the first shot. But certain things are just to large to be ignored. Last week in Syria (this should be the title of a soap opera if it weren't so tragic).
