Moving Towards Civil War in Syria
I have been recently ruminating over the possibility that the continued protests in Syria mixed with the unabated violence of the governmental forces could possibly lead to country down the path to civil war. Reports of weapons entering Syria from Turkey and the accusations of armed opposition forces killing 120 Syrian soldiers over the weekend … Read more
Surveys, Trees, and the U.N.
A lot is going on, folks. First, the New York Times ran something of an irresponsible piece by (the somewhat irresponsible) Efraim Karsh, whose pro-Israeli literature is only matched by his anti-Palestinian literature. Given his background, it’s not surprising that Karsh, on the basis of an unofficial, let’s-get-some-reader-interaction survey run by Al Arabiya, has decided … Read more
