Posts Tagged ‘Syria’
Thoughts on Syria while visiting the National World War II Museum
A friend and I toured the new section of the National World War II Museum and experienced the “Final Mission” submarine endeavor based on a true event in the Pacific Ocean. We also saw “Beyond All Boundaries,” an epic which has come to be my number two favorite film after “Gandhi.” Tom Hanks narrates the enormous…
Read MoreSyria: Military Action is Not the Answer
In Syria the “answer” is not military action although the threat of it should be apparent to Assad, the knave who ordered or allowed the use of chemical weapons in genocide of his own country’s citizens. World opinion—including Russians, Chinese and Iranians—should turn on that despicable dictator, Assad the terrible. The United States and the…
Read MoreLet’s Get Seriously Informed about Syria
There was a very insightful opinion article in The Wall Street Journal this morning, August 31, 2013, by Elizabeth O’Bagy, a senior analyst at the Institute for the Study of War. The most interesting observation she makes after several trips to Syria is that moderate opposition groups are carrying on a good bit of the fighting against…
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