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The Syria dilemma: Dissecting the leaked diplomats memo calling for Obama to get tougher on Assad

The Syria dilemma: Dissecting the leaked diplomats memo calling for Obama to get tougher on Assad

June 24, 2016 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Salon

Something smells fishy when a hawkish State Dept. memo “leaks” to the Times on the eve of Sec. Clinton’s nomination It has been clear for some time that the Syria conflict was bound to turn into some magnitude of Waterloo…

Barack Obama pulls a George W. Bush: Lies, misinformation and chemical weapons

Barack Obama pulls a George W. Bush: Lies, misinformation and chemical weapons

April 10, 2014 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

Remember the almost-war in Syria last year? An amazing new report — which our media won’t touch — is a must read Am I misjudging our time, or have we entered some accelerated cycle of American subversions, and then another…

Let’s hope for an American defeat over Syria

Let’s hope for an American defeat over Syria

September 13, 2013 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

It’s time to walk away from the deadly, irrational myth of American might The Syria crisis deepens not by the day but by the hour, and it delivers us to the threshold of a reality that will cause some to…

Manipulated by power: What is wrong with the New York Times?

Manipulated by power: What is wrong with the New York Times?

September 6, 2013 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

The government is manipulating facts. There’s no credible evidence on Syria. Why is the Times pretending otherwise? The conflict between democracy at home and empire abroad has beset this nation since the Spanish-American War, a brief interlude of imperial display…

Lapdog media learns nothing, beats war drums again

Lapdog media learns nothing, beats war drums again

August 29, 2013 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

Have we forgotten Judith Miller already? Or Colin Powell at the U.N.? Before attacking Syria, let’s know the truth As of this writing, early Thursday morning, some Syrians are scheduled to pay with their lives for America’s “credibility.” The bombarding…

Yellowcake all over again: Don’t believe the Syrian interventionists

Yellowcake all over again: Don’t believe the Syrian interventionists

August 23, 2013 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

Possible chemical weapons attack has the usual hawks urging intervention in Syria. Their intel could be wrong again What we know about what just happened in Syria: Someone seems to have sent chemically toxic substances into several suburbs of Damascus…

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