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American foreign policy fails again: US-trained Syrian rebels dead
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Harry J. Bentham
Qui dépense trop n’est jamais riche. Those who spend too fast never grow rich. Honoré de Balzac The US government’s supposed new plan to take over Syria by arming a small group of rebels ended in them all getting killed or going missing. This disaster cost the US 250 million dollars (a quarter billion), resulting in 50…
Return of the “Assad gassed his people” lie?
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Harry J. Bentham
Qui ne sent point assez ferme de memoire, ne se doit pas mêler d’être menteur. Who is not sure of his memory should not attempt lying. Michel de Montaigne The hole in this latest conspiracy theory is that Bashar al-Assad doesn’t have chemical weapons. The Syrian “opposition” (more like the American-invasion fetishists) isn’t interested in…
Why doesn’t the US just carpet-bomb ISIL and get it over with?
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Harry J. Bentham
Parce qu’ils n’aiment personne, ils croient qu’ils aiment Dieu. Because they do not like anyone, they believe they love God. Charles Péguy While I mostly criticize US foreign policy, the elimination of ISIL seems like one goal that all civilized people can share. There are some moments, such as the recently commemorated 70-year-old Second World…
Saudi Arabia’s trail of foolishness, hypocrisy and mistakes from Syria to Yemen
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Harry J. Bentham
Les hommes de guerre sont des fléaux du monde. Men of war are the scourge of the world. Guy de Maupassant The Saudis and their allies are usually a puzzle when it comes to foreign policy. In their reaction to events in Yemen, they just look like bumbling fools. The cartoon from Sputnik News mocking former Yemeni…
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