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Five Reasons to Listen to Hassan Rouhani

Five Reasons to Listen to Hassan Rouhani

September 30, 2014 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

Why should the watching world, and especially we wary Americans, trust Hassan Rouhani, Iran’s charismatic new reformist, now that he has completed what the more suspicious among us call his “charm attack” at the United Nations? There are answers, even…

An Obama Failure with Iran Seems Inevitable

An Obama Failure with Iran Seems Inevitable

September 29, 2014 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

A year ago, under skies as sunny as we’ve had lately, Iran’s just-elected president, Hassan Rouhani, had his premiere at the United Nations and popped open the door to a settlement on his nation’s nuclear program and a cooperative relationship…

Lies the media repeats about Iraq: Phony patriotism, fake Syrian “moderates” and the very real end of empire

Lies the media repeats about Iraq: Phony patriotism, fake Syrian “moderates” and the very real end of empire

September 24, 2014 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

We have made a shocking mess in the Middle East. This new adventure sets America up for incredible decline In history there are the Punic Wars and the Opium Wars, each a turning point, and now we must talk of…

Obama’s ISIS Strategy Will Be His Jimmy Carter Moment

Obama’s ISIS Strategy Will Be His Jimmy Carter Moment

September 22, 2014 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

The Obama administration is now so tongue-tied it can’t tell us what it is about to do in the Middle East. So let’s pitch in: The Obama administration is going to war in Iraq and Syria. Having settled that, the…

Why ‘Bravehearted’ Scots Will Vote for Independence

Why ‘Bravehearted’ Scots Will Vote for Independence

September 15, 2014 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

Remember Paul McCartney’s odd protest song after Ireland’s “Bloody Sunday” in 1972? “Give Ireland back to the Irish,” it went, “make Ireland Irish today.” Now it’s Scotland’s turn. The Irish got it done with generations of grinding violence and then…

“A steady flow of stupidity”: Reality in Ukraine — and Obama and the New York Times’ bizarro parallel universe

“A steady flow of stupidity”: Reality in Ukraine — and Obama and the New York Times’ bizarro parallel universe

September 9, 2014 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

A new cease-fire in Ukraine seems durable — despite best efforts of Washington and the media to provoke conflict We may or may not have a durable cease-fire in Ukraine, given reports of sporadic shelling and machine-gun fire, by who…

The Mess Obama Made on the Way to the So-Called Ceasefire in Ukraine

The Mess Obama Made on the Way to the So-Called Ceasefire in Ukraine

September 8, 2014 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

Assuming the ceasefire declared in Ukraine as of sundown Friday holds—and the early signs are favorable—we celebrate the end of a conflict that has claimed a startling 2,600 lives since it broke out in April. But not so fast. It’s…

Even the Pope Wants to Stop ISIS; Shouldn’t Obama?

Even the Pope Wants to Stop ISIS; Shouldn’t Obama?

September 1, 2014 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

To bomb or not to bomb? That is the debate as we watch the extremist militants of ISIS rampage through Syria and Iraq with the intent of establishing a caliphate that erases the borders between the two. Many members of…

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