Ukraine: International Law for the Lawless
“The doctrine of justifiable war assumes a presumption against war — war should not be launched unless all the criteria are met (jus ad bellum, the war will be fought in a moral way (jus in bello, and it will be ended in a moral way (jus post bellum...
Double Standard – Georgia-Ukraine, two presidents, no logic
In recent months we have seen the departure of two East European presidents. One was elected in broadly free and fair elections, one rigged his and every other election, as evidence as long as your arm demonstrates...
“Redlines and Headlines” in Western media over Ukraine and Syria
I just realized that I am a conservative, a true conservative, each time there is a revolution somewhere in the world, I am critical of it and plainly against it. Seth Ferris is an American conservative...
Ukraine: A Dangerous Divide
Mission Accomplished, but this time the battle is only just beginning. The removal of the Yanukovych government in Ukraine and the running street battles in Kiev have provided a convenient distraction to the debacle in Syria and America’s continuing inability to get its actions...
John Kerry and Geneva-2 Dead End, they knew it was coming
The much-hyped Geneva 2 Conference on Syria, which concluded at the end of January, delivered absolutely nothing, as it was ultimately intended to. No agreement was reached on anything of substance, and holding the talks did nothing to stop...
Ukraine: America’s Side Must Win
Are we witnessing the outbreak of a new Cold War, in which the West is pitted against Russia and various other countries? Patrick J. Buchanan, a conservative American political commentator, author and syndicated columnist, almost hit the nail on the head...
Egyptian political reality: “the devil is in the media coverage”
Now some kind of mutual understanding has been achieved between the ruling military council and the Islamists in Egypt, with the help of the US, a new narrative of that country’s recent past is being written in the State and Islamist media.
The Criminal Record of the Head of the Syrian National Coalition
In an attempt to "settle" the Syrian crisis Washington and Riyadh has put forward a negotiator - the President of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces Ahmad Jarba. But it seems that today there's a few people who do remember...
Predator drones in America’s “not-so-friendly-skies”
Most Americans don’t look up unless the “Goodyear Blimp” is hovering overhead, storm clouds are gathering on the horizon or an actor says on the radio that the Martians have landed. Until the current conflicts in Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen broke out, and the so-called...
Guinea: How Much Blood Pays for a Barrel of Oil?
Back in 2006 then-US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the politics of energy was “warping” diplomacy around the world. The very next week she opened a function attended by President Theodore Obiang Nguema Mbasogo...
Boycotting Sochi is lame political subterfuge
Not since the Soviet incursion into Afghanistan in 1979 has there been so much recrimination and fanfare over the holding of the Olympics. Led, once again, by the United States, cries are being heard to boycott the Sochi Winter Games, whether over Russia’s policy towards the distribution...
Geneva II: CNN throws a Curveball Just before the Summit
So Syria, meaning the government of Bashar al-Assad, has “systematically tortured and executed about 11,000 detainees since the start of the uprising in 2011.” So says a new report, commissioned by Qatar, the US ally which supports the opposition. Qatar and Saudi Arabia are the two of...