An Unending U.S. War in Syria

By on    Iran, MIDDLE EAST, Middle East conflict formation, Syria, United States - Empire and domestic  

An Unending U.S. War in Syria

Photo: James Jeffrey – Special Representative for Syria Engagement in the United States (Hudson Institute via Flickr)   By Paul R. Pillar September 19, 2018 Amid a week of attention-grabbing drama about the dysfunction of Donald Trump’s presidency, it almost escaped notice that his administration is putting U.S. troops in harm’s way in a foreign […]

A Rare Glimpse into the Inner Workings of the American Empire in the Middle East

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A Rare Glimpse into the Inner Workings of the American Empire in the Middle East

The U.S. foreign policy elite still wants the Middle East for its oil and its strategic location. By Edward Hunt, January 19, 2018. Originally published by Foreign Policy In Focus here • In recent testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, four former U.S. diplomats provided remarkably candid commentary on recent U.S. involvement in the […]