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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…

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…

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…

Dick Cheney’s demented last laugh: Neoconservatives destroyed American exceptionalism, but made Obama collateral damage

Dick Cheney’s demented last laugh: Neoconservatives destroyed American exceptionalism, but made Obama collateral damage

July 4, 2014 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

This July 4, we know our foreign policy must change after the neocon’s Iraq disaster. Let’s take the right lessons Our national polls—run by the media, a few universities, and foundations such as Pew—seem to represent us better than our…

Bomb-crazy, “do something” neocons must be stopped — or Iraq will be Obama’s Vietnam

Bomb-crazy, “do something” neocons must be stopped — or Iraq will be Obama’s Vietnam

July 1, 2014 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

We have done enough harm. We’re not able to do good. We must simply admit the enormity of our mistake — and change It is too soon to quote Reagan, much as one always longs to do so, and exclaim,…

George W. Bush’s horrific, deadly blunder: Would Saddam Hussein be better than Iraq’s new hell?

George W. Bush’s horrific, deadly blunder: Would Saddam Hussein be better than Iraq’s new hell?

June 18, 2014 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

Eleven years, and so much death, misery and destruction later, Iraq’s best outcome looks like the one Bush upended Foreign policy, at least the American kind, is like a stone thrown into a pond: The ripples outward go on and…

Iraq: We Broke It, but We Can’t Fix It

Iraq: We Broke It, but We Can’t Fix It

June 16, 2014 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

As Iraq descends into a sectarian war that could prove more gruesome than any other that has befallen its people, two questions face the Obama administration. When and why did the mistakes begin? What’s the smart choice now? Answer the…

Iran Sanctions: Another Cuban Missile Crisis?

Iran Sanctions: Another Cuban Missile Crisis?

January 2, 2012 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

And two more hotspots: Iraq and Egypt Is 2012 destined to be a year of Middle East challenges—not to say calamities—for the Obama administration?  It has certainly started out ominously. The White House already has three fires to put out…

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