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It’s time to bomb ISIS: Yes, America helped sow these seeds, but this is the rare group that should be called “terrorists”

It’s time to bomb ISIS: Yes, America helped sow these seeds, but this is the rare group that should be called “terrorists”

August 28, 2014 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

Disastrous, ham-fisted foreign policy by both Obama and Bush has forced us to select from horrible options How quickly all Washington’s chickens flock back to the roost these days. You can say this about any number of policy disasters, notably…

What a Deal Between Ukraine and Russia Could Look Like

What a Deal Between Ukraine and Russia Could Look Like

August 25, 2014 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

All eyes will focus this week on Minsk where Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet his Ukrainian counterpart, Petro Poroshenko. After coming close to armed confrontation over the aid-laden convoy Russia sent into Ukraine’s eastern region last week, the encounter…

Obama Makes the Middle East Our New ‘Quagmire’

Obama Makes the Middle East Our New ‘Quagmire’

August 18, 2014 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

Quagmire” is a term commonly associated with Vietnam, but we need to haul it out of storage. There is no other way to describe the mess the Obama administration has led us into in the Middle East. President Obama and…

The Eurozone’s So-Called Recovery Is a Bust

The Eurozone’s So-Called Recovery Is a Bust

August 11, 2014 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

It’s almost a year since the eurozone was supposed to enter recovery mode. But you can’t eat statistics, as people in the southern-rim crisis nations have learned. Even now, the laser-thin growth numbers sustaining the “austerity works” argument are evaporating….

After the genocide: What’s next for Gaza and the hope for Middle East peace?

After the genocide: What’s next for Gaza and the hope for Middle East peace?

August 6, 2014 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

Nearly 2,000 are dead and a cease-fire brings little peace of mind. But there may be glimmers of hope after tragedy Now that Israel has finally let up on what looks like a genocidal campaign in Gaza, I cannot think…

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