THE GAZA STRIP… (…has it become an Israeli version of the ghetto or concentration camp?) Ever since the UN and most of the rest of the world accepted and recognized the creation of the State of Israel some seventy years
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AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A BOLD STRATEGIC MOVE… (…to stabilize an unstable region and enhance US interests there) The Kurdish people recently held a referendum about what should be considered a historic moment…they’ve openly declared their intent to ultimately become an
THERE’S NO DELIGHT IN TURKEY THESE DAYS… (…thanks to a misdirected American strategy for the region) The latest suicide bombing attack at Turkey’s Istanbul airport (apparently an ISIS inspired one with a Chechen twist) is yet another blow against one
TURKEY IS NOW FORCED TO WALK THE LINE… (…as that hydra-headed wildfire of conflicts closes in on its borders….) After almost five years of sitting on the sidelines in its attempts to avoid getting sucked into the vortex of the
GROWING STORM CLOUDS (for a possible nuclear war…) Prime Minister Yetanyahu’s recent address to Congress on Israel’s concerns about Iran’s nuclear ambitions, may be correct from his perspectives, but they ignore an even greater threat in the region…one which makes
ONCE AGAIN THEY’RE BOTH RIDING THAT CAROUSEL (…of Assinus Assinum Fricat…) As that old Latin expression put it several millennia ago…one stupid ass irritates another stupid ass…the wrong way. For almost three quarters of a century the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has
MAKING A CHOICE FOR EITHER ENDLESS WAR…OR PERMANENT PEACE (…it’s up to them…) In that grand asylum of that region we all call – The Middle East – its inmates continue to engage in useless never ending conflicts of one