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Should Iran be Included in Syria Conflict Diplomacy?

From On January 11, 2013 · Leave a Comment

via Lobe Log

As former top State Department intelligence specialist Wayne White points out for Lobe Log, in the absence of a tenable ceasefire agreement, the quagmire that is the Syrian civil war will likely intensify, thereby only worsening post-Assad scenarios.

“The bottom line is that a sort of Catch-22 situation is [...]

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Neocon Thinktanker: Why Aren’t We Threatening Military Force In Syria?

From On August 18, 2011 · 1 Comment

Reposted by arrangement with Think Progress

Every problem in the Middle East must look like a nail to some neoconservatives because they always want to bring out the big hammer of the U.S. military. That was the case today on Fox News when Jonathan Schanzer, the vice president of research at the [...]

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Jim Lobe: U.S., EU Call for Assad's Ouster

From On August 18, 2011 · 1 Comment

It has finally happened. After thousands of anti-regime protestors have been killed and thousands more have been arrested and forced from their homes in less than one year, the Obama administration has called for President Bashar al-Assad to step down.

What accounts for the delay and the finalizing of the U.S. government’s wishy-washy [...]

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WaPo’s Rubin Inaccurately Cites WSJ Article To Claim White House ‘Tolerates’ Syrian ‘Terror Operation’

From On August 17, 2011 · 2 Comments

Posted with the permission of Think Progress

The Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin has a history of never missing an opportunity to criticize the White House, but her post today, “Obama tolerates terror operations run out of Syria’s embassy,” provides yet another example of Rubin’s loose relationship [...]

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Meir Javedanfar: Khamenei won't support Assad to the end

From On August 14, 2011 · 2 Comments

As the Syrian government’s brutal crackdown on anti-regime protestors intensifies and President Bashar al-Assad faces increasing criticism from allies, many are watching Iran’s response. Will the isolated Islamic Republic support its important friend until the end or distance itself from the Syrian regime’s sinking ship?

According to Iranian-Israeli Middle East analyst Meir Javedanfar: “[t]he moment [...]

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