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Lebanon, Syria forge formal ties
The Swampby Liz Sly BEIRUT -- Lebanon and Syria formally established diplomatic relations Wednesday for the first time since they won their independence in the 1940s, a historic move that was overshadowed by a bombing in the northern Lebanese port city......Tags: Government, Peace Negotiations, Condoleezza Rice, Politics, National Government
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Three mistakes Obama has made in Syrian crisis
Syria's dictator, Bashar al-Assad, isn't the only leader who is crossing "red lines" these days. U.S. President Barack Obama has also crossed a few. Here are three of them: 1. He crossed a red line by asserting the existence of a red line that he then...Tags: Iran, Religion and Belief, George W. Bush, David Cameron, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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The president's walk-back: A pink line over Damascus?
WASHINGTON - You know you're in trouble when you can't even get your walk-back story straight. Stung by the worldwide derision that met President Obama's fudging and fumbling of his chemical-weapons red line in Syria, the White House leaked to The New...
Tags: Libyan No-Fly Zone (2011), Biological and Chemical Weapons, Iran, Religious Conflicts, Benjamin Netanyahu
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Pink line over Damascus
WASHINGTON -- You know you're in trouble when you can't even get your walk-back story straight. Stung by the worldwide derision that met President Obama's fudging and fumbling of his chemical-weapons red line in Syria, the White House leaked to The New...
Tags: Biological and Chemical Weapons, Libyan No-Fly Zone (2011), Iran, Religious Conflicts, Benjamin Netanyahu
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Syrian intervention: Some questions
WASHINGTON -- For all the armchair generals advocating U.S. military intervention in Syria, I have a few questions: Is human suffering the reason for the United States to act? That is the noblest and most altruistic of motives, and the estimated 70,...
Tags: Biological and Chemical Weapons, Pottery Barn, United Nations, War in Afghanistan (2001-present), Iraq
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Stay out of Syria
With the Iraq War behind us and our departure from Afghanistan underway, the United States could be entering a well-earned respite from fighting. But even before peace can take hold, hawks are singing the old country song: "I've enjoyed as much of this as...
Tags: Libyan No-Fly Zone (2011), Biological and Chemical Weapons, U.S. Department of Defense, Iraq, Iraq War (2003-2011)
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A sensible caution, poorly stated
WASHINGTON -- People who talk incessantly often talk imprecisely, and Barack Obama, who is as loquacious as he is impressed with his verbal dexterity, has talked himself into a corner concerning Syria and chemical weapons. This is condign punishment for...Tags: Biological and Chemical Weapons, Defense Equipment, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, Ronald Reagan
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Syria is still not our fight
WASHINGTON -- President Obama is right to resist the mounting pressure for military intervention in Syria. Action by U.S. forces may or may not make the situation better -- but certainly could make things worse. This assessment could change, of course....
Tags: Biological and Chemical Weapons, Libyan No-Fly Zone (2011), United Nations, Rebellions, Russia
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Stains on a legacy
WASHINGTON -- In retrospect, George W. Bush's legacy doesn't look as bad as it did when he left office. It looks worse. I join the nation in congratulating Bush on the opening of his presidential library in Dallas. Like many people, I find it much...
Tags: Defense Equipment, Republican Party, George W. Bush, Iraq, Afghanistan
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Who's to blame for our politics? Don't ask
There is a classic "Doonesbury" cartoon, published soon after the Vietnam War ended, in which the antiwar activist Mark Slackmeyer is arguing with his pro-war father. They go back and forth, each blaming the other's politics for everything that's wrong in...Tags: Iran, Government, Vietnam War (1955-1975), John Kerry, Abraham Lincoln
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McManus: Inching toward Syria
Military intervention in the Muslim world seems to bring the United States nothing but grief. Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya: None looks much like a success story now. Yet the Obama administration is edging reluctantly into a civil war in Syria, aiding rebels...
Tags: Libyan No-Fly Zone (2011), Human Rights Watch, Muammar Gaddafi, Turkey, Rebellions
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While Syria burns, Obama stands idly by
WASHINGTON — Last year President Barack Obama ordered U.S. intervention in Libya under the grand new doctrine of "Responsibility to Protect." Moammar Gadhafi was threatening a massacre in Benghazi. To stand by and do nothing "would have been a...
Tags: Iran, Museums, Muammar Gaddafi, Turkey, China
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