Analysis

Jun 14, 2014, Global Research The Western media in chorus have described the unfolding conflict in Iraq as a “civil war” opposing the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham against the Armed forces of the Al-Maliki government. (Also referred to as Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) or …

Jun 7, 2014, James Petras, Global Research On May 2014 President Obama delivered the commencement address to the graduates of United States Military Academy at West Point.  Beyond the easy banter and eulogy to past and present war heroes, Obama outlined a vision of past military successes and present policies, …

Jun 10, 2014, Paul Larudee, Dissident Voice Ironically, one of the factors that made the Syrian presidential election a success is the six million displaced Syrians that chose to seek refuge within Syria rather than flee to neighboring countries.  These are persons that escaped from “rebel” zones to government areas, …

Jun 10, 2014, SSM The Syrian election has indirectly exposed and confirmed a surprising statistic that shows how badly the anti-Assad fighters are losing and how hopeless their cause is.   It is of course no surprise that Assad won big in the first open and contested Syrian presidential election in …

Jun 6, 2014, Paul Larudee, Counter Punch The Syrian election has indirectly exposed or confirmed a surprising statistic that shows how badly the anti-Assad fighters are losing and how hopeless their cause is. It is of course no surprise at all that Assad won big in the first open and contested …

Jun 6, 2014, Shamus Cooke, Workers Action “Assad’s days are numbered” – President Obama, February 2012 Living in denial is the easiest way to avoid hard truths, but it’s a horrible way for a government to conduct foreign policy. Obama’s Secretary of State John Kerry recently scoffed at the elections in …

Jun 5, 2014, Land Destroyer It is hard for even the West to deny that the recent election was a huge success for the government in Damascus, stamping out the illusion of a divided Syria. The country is mired in protracted conflict not because of a “popular uprising,” but because …

Jun 6, 2014, RT Op-Edge Since the start of the armed conflict in Syria in 2011, voices from Western and Gulf capitals have maintained a common narrative: that the Assad regime lacks popular legitimacy and stays in power by systematically killing its own people. The sweeping election victory of Bashar …

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Jun 4, 2014, Mideast Shuffle Former US Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford said in an interview yesterday to PBS Newshour: “We need – and we have long needed – to help moderates in the Syrian opposition with both weapons and other non-lethal assistance.” “Had we done that a couple of …