BLOG Post #444: The Collapse of Syria’s Dictatorship 9 Dec 2024 The Regime’s End They’re celebrating in the streets in Damascus. In a collapse as stunning and swift as that of the Soviet Union, the twenty-four years of Bashar al-Assad’s dictatorship…
BLOG Post #438: On the Brink in the Middle East 26 Sep 20241 Nov 2024 Signaling an Invasion Israel’s planting of explosive material in pagers and walkie-talkies could be the forerunner to an invasion of southern Lebanon. Defense minister Yoav Gallant implied as much when…
BLOG Post #427: Is It Time for This War to End? Evidently Not 11 Jun 2024 In a major speech May 31, Pres. Biden offered a three-phase plan for ending the Israel-Hamas war, saying “it is time for this war to end.” (I have appended…
In the Human Interest - Mel Gurtov 