Iraq, Syria, and Superpower Prerogatives
The Obama Administration shares responsibility for the fact that Syria has been transformed into a breeding ground for violent Sunni jihadist organizations.
Read MoreJack A. Smith is editor of the Hudson Valley Activist Newsletter and may be reached at jacdon@earthlink.net.
Posted by Jack A. Smith | Sep 24, 2014 | Middle East, News & Analysis |
The Obama Administration shares responsibility for the fact that Syria has been transformed into a breeding ground for violent Sunni jihadist organizations.
Read MorePosted by Jack A. Smith | Sep 8, 2014 | Europe, Middle East, News & Analysis, Palestine |
The United States insists on being recognized as world hegemon, but refuses to take any responsibility for the great number of negative results.
Read MorePosted by Jack A. Smith | Aug 31, 2014 | Middle East, News & Analysis |
The Islamic State is the unanticipated byproduct of America’s ill-conceived imperial misadventures in the Islamic world.
Read MorePosted by Jack A. Smith | Aug 22, 2014 | Palestine, US, Viewpoints |
We are tirelessly dedicated to the Obama Administration’s campaign to convince the oppressed to accept their present status instead of disturbing the peace.
Read MorePosted by Jack A. Smith | Mar 31, 2014 | Asia Pacific, Essays, Europe, US |
Russia has taught the United States a stern and embarrassing lesson in Ukraine as a riposte to Washington-backed regime change in Kiev, the capital.
Read MorePosted by Jack A. Smith | Jan 27, 2014 | News & Analysis, US |
When he ran for the presidency in 2007-08, Sen. Barack Obama pledged to dismantle the most...
Read MorePosted by Jack A. Smith | Jan 7, 2014 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, US |
The US wants to stay in Afghanistan for two main reasons, despite public opinion polls showing most Americans want out.
Read MorePosted by Jack A. Smith | Dec 5, 2013 | Regions, Science, US, Viewpoints |
The sharply increasing scientific indicators of impending disastrous global climate change have failed to motivate the principal developed countries, led by the U.S., to accelerate the lackluster pace of their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Read MorePosted by Jack A. Smith | Oct 16, 2013 | Asia Pacific, Essays, US |
Vietnamese Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap, who helped defeat Japan, then France, then the United States in a 35-year war for national independence, died in Hanoi on Oct. 4 at the age of 102.
Read MorePosted by Jack A. Smith | Oct 4, 2013 | Asia Pacific, Essays, Middle East, US |
Is a new era of peace and friendship emanating from the Obama Administration? Or is it, perhaps, a move to both spare President Obama a rejection of his war plans by Congress and to further U.S. global interests?
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