US Should Back Syria’s Assad Against ISIS US Should Back Syria’s Assad Against ISIS
Already working alongside Iran in Iraq, the US ought to end its support for Syria’s rebels, freeing Syria’s forces against ISIS.
Jul 3, 2014 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Is Obama on a Slippery Slope Toward Mission Creep in Iraq? Is Obama on a Slippery Slope Toward Mission Creep in Iraq?
Protect the embassy, advise Iraqi troops, protect Baghdad airport. And then?
Jul 2, 2014 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Syria’s Chemical Weapons Removed in Major Success for US-Russia-Iran Cooperation Syria’s Chemical Weapons Removed in Major Success for US-Russia-Iran Cooperation
Don’t hold your breath waiting for apologies from the neoconservatives.
Jun 30, 2014 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Putin’s Ukraine Policy Backfires Putin’s Ukraine Policy Backfires
Whatever Russia may have wanted to accomplish in Ukraine since last November, it has accomplished the opposite.
Jun 26, 2014 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Syria Joins War in Iraq on US Side, Even as US Battles Syrian Government in Syria Syria Joins War in Iraq on US Side, Even as US Battles Syrian Government in Syria
The Iraq-Syria civil clearly befuddles Washington—but not Tehran.
Jun 25, 2014 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
On the Folly of Helping Iraq’s Shattered Army On the Folly of Helping Iraq’s Shattered Army
The crisis has a political solution, not a military one—and Iraq’s armed forces are now officially hopeless.
Jun 23, 2014 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Obama Sets the US on a Slippery Slope to War in Iraq Obama Sets the US on a Slippery Slope to War in Iraq
The White House ought to listen to its better angels and concentrate on politics and diplomacy.
Jun 20, 2014 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Will Obama Listen to Slaughter and Power? Will Obama Listen to Slaughter and Power?
Liberal interventionists join GOP hawks and The Wall Street Journal in demanding war.
Jun 18, 2014 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
How to Fix the Iraq Crisis How to Fix the Iraq Crisis
Hint: not by bombing it.
Jun 17, 2014 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
How Iraq’s Crisis Got Started, and How it Didn’t How Iraq’s Crisis Got Started, and How it Didn’t
Tens of thousands may die, but ending the war in Iraq is now in the hands of Iran and Saudi Arabia, not the United States.
Jun 13, 2014 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss