Updated details on Syria you probably won't find easily elsewhere. This game is rapidly in flux now that Russia is becoming more assertive as it sees ISIS/Deash as an threat to its interests in Central Asia and the Caucasus.
Asia Times
Peace in Syria? It’s Putin’s Fault
Pepe Escobar
See also paleo-conservative Pat Buchanan, Putin: Friend or Foe in Syria?
It's a strange world when I find myself agreeing with my former classmate.
3 comments:
You went to school with Pat Buchanan?
He often makes sense on foreign policy, and seems to be halfway knowledgeable about history. On domestic policy he's a dinosaur.
He cut his teeth in politics as speechwriter for Nixon/Agnew when Kissinger was National Security Advisor. He is steeped in Realpolitik and hates the neocons, whom he regards as inept and foolish.
I didn't know him well when we were undergrads together. We didn't hang out in the same crowd and he took different courses than I did.
Ancient history!
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