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| 2016-08-27 |
| [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 |
| #4 Let's just call it "retrenchment", which is what it would be anyway. |
| Posted by: charger 2016-08-27 19:48 |
| #3 Our meddling never seems to do anybody any good. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2016-08-27 12:43 |
| #2 I may disagree with a number of Trump's positions but he is spot on with one thing. Moving forward the US should only support the countries and organizations that openly support the US in kind. And that starts with so-called friends and allies. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2016-08-27 10:59 |
| #1 When isolationism dominates upcoming US policy, and when the necessity to intervene is ignored, there will be more regional unrest. You are damned if you do and damned if you don't. With an 18 Trillion dollar debt to make you all play nice, it's not possible anymore. Go ask the Chinese for help (heh). |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-08-27 08:49 |