Last night, after returning home from a quick trip to see my 92 year old grandmother in Kentucky, my plan was to stay up late and hammer out an angry post about the ineffective sham of an attack the Trump administration launched against the regime of Syria’s Bashar Assad this weekend. Unfortunately, though, when we […]
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How many Syrian refugees do you think we could we have relocated to the United States for the cost of those 59 pointless Tomahawk missiles, which retail for about $1.6 million each?
Posted in Mark's Life, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Dorothy Avery, poison gas, refrigerators, Russia, sarin gas, Syria, Vladimir Putin, war crimes 25 Comments
Because you asked for it, here’s my ill-informed, not-terribly-thoughtful, completely unsatisfying post on Syria
I have absolutely nothing of value to add to the debate on whether or not we get involved in the Syrian civil war. I know that. And I’m inclined to just keep my mouth shut. But, as people keep writing to me, demanding that I take a stand, as though what’s said on a tiny […]
Posted in Observations, Other, Uncategorized Also tagged chemical weapons, Civil War, foreign policy, foreign relations, John Kerry, Juan Cole, Malala Yousafzai, radical Islam, Robert Reich, sanctions, Saudi Arabia, Syria, USS Nimitz, wars, world events 14 Comments