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Witnesses to years of US isolationism
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] In his foreword in Fouad Ajami’s book "The Syrian Rebellion," Charles Hill, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, quotes historian Arnold Toynbee as saying: "Syria is the roundabout in which all the forces face one another and spin off consequences - for good or ill ‐ around the compass."The photos of Omran Daqneesh and Aylan Kurdi, and the diplomatic chaos that has accompanied developments in Syria, have become the topic of prominent American intellectuals and observers. Ajami has criticized the White House’s tiredness, and considers the administration of President Barack Obama The point I was making was not that Grandmother harbors any racial animosity. She doesn’t. But she is a typical white person... "hopeless" because there is no international community without a US role. Posted by: Fred 2016-08-27 |
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