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John Kerry’s last hurrah: With the Syrian cease-fire, the secretary of state takes a parting swipe at Russophobia

John Kerry’s last hurrah: With the Syrian cease-fire, the secretary of state takes a parting swipe at Russophobia

September 14, 2016 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Salon

The cease-fire ends his successful skirmish with the Pentagon, but the war will grind on long after Kerry is gone Secretary of State John Kerry now gives us another “cessation of hostilities” agreement — a not-quite-cease-fire — as signed with…

Our Syria policy is still a mess: These are the dots the media refuses to connect

Our Syria policy is still a mess: These are the dots the media refuses to connect

June 12, 2016 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

Russia’s foreign minister reveals a strange talk with John Kerry, and explains much about American foreign policy MOSCOW—Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s widely respected foreign minister, dropped a big one here last weekend. After an hour-long conversation with John Kerry, Lavrov asserted…

John Kerry admits defeat: The Ukraine story the media won’t tell, and why U.S. retreat is a good thing

John Kerry admits defeat: The Ukraine story the media won’t tell, and why U.S. retreat is a good thing

May 19, 2015 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

The U.S. seems to admit it overplayed its hand over Ukraine. Caving to reality is actually the best possible policy. It is just as well Secretary of State John Kerry’s momentous meetings with Russian leaders last week took place in…

Liberal media myth officially dead: Brazen propaganda, historical amnesia and the New York Times

Liberal media myth officially dead: Brazen propaganda, historical amnesia and the New York Times

April 16, 2014 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

Does Obama have control of his own intelligence agencies? Also, the Times has an ironic definition of propaganda This shapes up as an important week in the Ukraine crisis. We have already witnessed the extent to which the provisional government…

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