Tag: syria
Nov. 1, 2019
President Trump’s handling of the Kurds portrays the U.S. as an unfaithful ally.
In early October, the Trump administration declared that they would be withdrawing troops from Northern Syria, all while chaos engulfed the region and Turkey launched…
Feb. 8, 2019
Public Health event explores role of public health in violent conflict
Two public health experts delivered presentations Feb. 4 to a packed audience at the Violent Conflict, Refugees and Health event that examined the role public…

Apr. 20, 2018
The U.S. should cutback its involvement in Saudi-Iranian conflict
You have seen this movie before. Someone provokes the United States. The country retaliates, firing off missiles from a safe distance. The craters they leave…

Mar. 2, 2018
Stop ignoring Syria’s conflict
“He always told me he wants to die and go to heaven because there is food there. He’s only a child, enough is enough, God.”…

Apr. 21, 2017
Ready for another war?
It’s clear that Donald Trump’s first hundred days haven’t turned out to be the walk in the park he envisioned. The most spectacularly unqualified and…

Apr. 21, 2017
Dropping the bomb on Trump’s foreign policy
According to whitehouse.gov, President Donald Trump claims that “peace through strength” will be the premise of his U.S. foreign policy and that this will lead…

Jul. 11, 2014
Back to Baghdad: the ISIS crisis
So, let’s see. We are asking our declared enemy in the Middle East to help prop up the puppet government we created for its benefit…
Sep. 20, 2013
Putin’s op-ed shows leadership
It is not often that a leader of a well-known and well-respected country makes a point to address the American public directly, let alone by…