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Ambassador to Syria keeps profile low in Bolton Hill
When the violence in Syria began spinning out of control last year, the Obama administration made the unusual decision to bring its ambassador to the troubled country home. And for Ambassador Robert Ford, coming home has long meant returning to...Tags: George Washington, Benjamin L. Cardin, U.S. Military, Syrian Uprising (2011-12), Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
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End the butchery
How much longer can the world stand by while Syrian dictator Bashar Assad murders his own people by the thousands and the streets of Syria's cities and towns run red with the blood of his victims? If there were any remaining doubt as to whether Mr. Assad...
Tags: Massacres, Muammar Gaddafi, International Military Interventions, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Fox News Channel (tv network)
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Quiet the war drums
The drumbeat for war only helps Iran by driving up oil prices, undermining the effect of sanctions on its economy and stifling domestic opponents of the regime. President Barack Obama conveyed that message clearly and emphatically to the American Israel...Tags: Mitt Romney, Iran, Israel, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Weaponry
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Obama's calm is needed to balance the hotheads calling for war with Iran
For op-ed writer Robert O. Freedman, it's not a question of if Israel is to launch an attack on Iran, but when ("Is reelection driving Obama's Israel policy?" March 7). I am tired of the hawks' view that every Middle Eastern episode of tension can be...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Iran, Israel, George Bush, Saddam Hussein
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Rachel Marsden: Russia re-Putined
So Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putinhas just been re-presidented for at least another six years, during which we can all watch his newly tucked eyes migrate back to where they used to be. And as surely as a pound dog comes with fleas, this election...
Tags: Iran, Syria, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Schizophrenia, Dmitry Medvedev
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Assad's killing fields
The announcement Sunday that the U.S. will join Turkey in providing "nonlethal" humanitarian aid to Syrian opposition groups is a clear sign of the Obama administration's growing frustration with the failure of diplomatic efforts to halt Syrian...
Tags: International Military Interventions, Hillary Clinton, Russia, Syria, China
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Romney's Russia remarks and the dangers of dumbing down
Last week, Mitt Romney described Russia as America's "No. 1 geopolitical foe," prompting Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to respond: "I think it's somewhat dated to be looking backwards instead of being realistic about where we agree, where we don't...
Tags: Joe Biden, Mitt Romney, Entertainment Events, Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev
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Political right misrepresents world events
I try to follow the political discussion in the U.S. and am amazed how much effort it takes even to begin to be well-informed. If you are serious about being informed, you can't be the least bit lazy and depend on a couple of pundits to shape your world...Tags: Iran, Petroleum Industry, Dick Cheney, Syria, Rubber Products Industry
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The YouTube war
The flood of video images emerging from the besieged city of Homs and other rebellious towns in Syria have shocked the world with their depictions of President Bashar Assad's bloody crackdown on innocent civilians.
The images, nearly all of them taken...Tags: YouTube, Syria, War Crimes, Computer Networking and Internet, United Nations
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Assad: A dictator in denial
You have to hand it to Syria's Bashar Assad; the man's got chutzpah. His interview in Damascus last week with ABC's Barbara Walters was either a case study in delusional thinking or unbounded cynicism. Mr. Assad's amazing performance, in which he denied...Tags: Syria, Barbara Walters, Armed Conflicts, United Nations, Demonstration
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Nobody cares enough to do something about what's happening in Syria
Your editorial "No way out for Syria" (Jan. 24) catalogs a lot of facts about the bloody turmoil that engulfs Syria today. The editorial notes the disinclination of practically any party involved to act forcefully – apart from the Syrians risking...Tags: Saudi Arabia, Syria, Israel, Political Systems, Democracy
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Wien 'surprises' include stock rally, unemployment drop, hacker attack
Byron Wien has been publishing a New Year's list of possible economic and political "surprises" for years, often with impressive results. The idea is to identify events that are likely to happen but that the market believes have a low probability of...Tags: Unemployment, Mitt Romney, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Finance, Democratic Party
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