Posts Tagged: Syria Trump
Has Syria Reactivated Its Chemical Weapons Program?
According to Yediot Ahronot, one of the targets hit by Israeli airstrikes in central Syria in early March is believed to have been a chemical weapons...
Putin Needs Quiet to Achieve His Goals in the Middle East
JNS.org - Russian President Vladimir Putin’s surprise stopover in Syria on Tuesday -- accompanied by his minister of defense, Sergei Shoigu, and other high-level officers...
A One-Time Opportunity for Israel in the Golan?
JNS.org - Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw American troops from Syria shocked many in the United States and the Middle East. In Israel, most of the public...
On Syria, Trump Is Wrong — and Contradicts Himself
JNS.org - Sometimes, wisdom means understanding that not all promises ought to be kept. The problem is that when you make multiple promises, you’re going...
Trump’s New Year’s Gift to Putin, Rouhani, and Erdogan
President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw US forces from Syria is extremely reckless and bound to backfire in more than one way. To make such...
How the World Could See the End of War
"Where will it end? When will it all be lulled back into sleep, and cease, the bloody hatred, the destruction?" -- Aeschylus (Oresteia), presenting the ending of Agamemnon. The...
The Tragedy in Syria Rests on the Shoulders of the West
President Trump’s characterization of the US attack on specific Syrian chemical storage and research facilities as “mission accomplished” is technically accurate, as the intended targets...
Why the US Must Use Force
JNS.org - Can we at least agree that Donald Trump’s decision to strike three chemical-weapons facilities owned and operated by Syrian President Bashar Assad, a vassal...
What a Difference an Administration Makes
Barack Obama is a moral man. But as president, he had an amoral foreign policy. Obama and his national security trio of John Kerry, Susan...
The Consequences of American Inaction in Syria
One of the fundamental arguments made by the Republican Party throughout the 2016 presidential elections was to denounce then-president Barack Obama’s failure to comply with...
Trump’s Disastrous Decision to Abandon Syria
JNS.org - With the recent announcement by US President Donald Trump that the United States seeks to exit the Syrian conflict, it appears as though the fate...
Punishing Syrian Chemical Weapons Use
The primary goals of American foreign policy are to make our citizens, friends and allies secure -- and to make our adversaries think twice. There are moments...
Trump’s Syria Policy: Strikes Are a Good Start
US President Donald Trump’s unexpected attack on Syria’s Shayrat airbase -- in response to President Bashar Assad’s sarin gas attack on his own citizens --...
