Monthly Archives: April 2014

The limits of power

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Pat Lang

"Obama –whose rise to the presidency was built partially around his opposition to the Iraq War – is definitely cognizant of Americans’ aversion to too much intervention abroad. As recently as Tuesday, he defended his foreign policy strategy — with … Continue reading →

Posted in government, Policy | 33 Comments

Latest Washington Post poll – 29 April 2014

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Pat Lang

I am inclined to think polls such as this are suspect because people who are willing to participate are probably not representative of the accomplished.  pl  http://www.washingtonpost.com/page/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2014/04/29/National-Politics/Polling/release_342.xml

Posted in Politics | 25 Comments

Kerry said that Israel may become an apartheid state?

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Pat Lang

"US Secretary of State John Kerry told a group of senior international officials that Israel risks becoming an "apartheid" state if it does not make peace soon, a US news website reported. Kerry made the remarks at a closed-door meeting … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel, Palestine | 42 Comments

Open Thread – 27 April, 2014

Posted on April 27, 2014 by Pat Lang

A photograph of a Catholic school in Aleppo, Syria in Ottoman times.   This was the College of the Holy Land in Aleppo. That is St. Anthony's statue in the center. The Ottoman sultan/caliph was a financial supporter of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Open Thread, Syria | 66 Comments

“Stopping Russia Starts in Syria” Anne-Marie Slaughter

Posted on April 26, 2014 by Pat Lang

"The US, together with as many countries as will cooperate, could use force to eliminate Syria’s fixed-wing aircraft as a first step toward enforcing Resolution 2139. “Aerial bombardment” would still likely continue via helicopter, but such a strike would announce … Continue reading →

Posted in Russia, Syria | 54 Comments

“Four Ways The Ukraine Crisis Could Escalate To Use Of Nuclear Weapons” Loren Thompson

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Pat Lang

"In 1983, the ABC television network broadcast a movie called The Day After about how a superpower nuclear exchange devastated the lives of typical Americans in two midwestern cities. The conflict began with a Russian troop buildup in Eastern Europe … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Affairs, government, Israel, Palestine, weapons | 57 Comments

Comments

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Pat Lang

We still are "typaded."  I have just sent them a service ticket over the disabled comments feature.  pl

Posted in Ukraine Crisis | 4 Comments

HARPER: RUSSIA CLAIMS IT JAMMED AEGIS

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Harper

A quick note:  Russian Radio is claiming that the Russian Su-24 planes that buzzed the USS Donald Cook in the Black Sea on April 12 were able to jam the Aegis system and that this caused a quiet panic in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 27 Comments

“The Emperor has no clothes!” by FB Ali

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Pat Lang

The recent (April 17) meeting in Geneva on Ukraine was a game-changing event. Yet this significant aspect of it has not been explicitly recognized in any analysis or commentary on the situation; at least none that I've come across. It … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 57 Comments

“What we left behind” Filkins

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Pat Lang

"The resurgence of Iraq’s Shiites is the greatest legacy of the American invasion, which overthrew Sunni rule and replaced it with a government led by Shiites—the first since the eighteenth century. Eight years after Maliki took power, Iraqis are sorting … Continue reading →

Posted in Iraq | 4 Comments