John Kerry vs. the ‘Babble’ – POLITICO Magazine.
The Adventures of John Kerry, the Nothing-Doer. Politics in the Time of Irrelevance. Leader Without A Clue. Much Atrotting About Nothing. Exiled from White House and relevance, John Kerry does a Nixonian about-face: he may not be a crook, but he is a certainly schmuck.
The Weapons Behind the Ghouta Attack: The New Yorker.
Whether it’s the massacres in Houla, Darya, Bayda, or the chemical weapons attack in Ghoutah, the evidence is overwhelming and the perpetrator known: the Assad regime and its militias. Yet, no one did anything, and world leaders keep speaking of a political solution, as though someone who commits such crimes can be induced to embrace politics, or have not gone beyond the pale. These crimes against humanity are enabled by the crimes perpetrated by world leaders against our sanity and decency. Knowing the truth makes little difference in a world intent on ignoring its responsibility towards it. So a genocide unfolds again, and people rush to bury their heads in the sand, again. Its timing was inconvenient, we are told. O Lord, when we will you grant us criminals who are more considerate? I am sure this is the essence of Obama’s nighttime prayers.
Syria talks should focus on fighting ‘terrorists’: Russia | Reuters.
Lavrov is right in that the fight in Syria has always been against “terrorists,” but terrorists in our midst come in many flavors and he can only taste one. That’s why his country remains part of the problem.
Syria’s Christians Flee Kidnappings, Rape, Executions.
By now there is no denying that Al-Qaeda affiliated Jihadists are targeting Christians. But, we should never forget that most of the damage done to Christian communities and towns since the beginning of the Revolution was done by pro-Assad militias, a fact that continues to be under-reported if not downright ignored as one of those bloody inconveniences that, if acknowledged, would call for some action. Another important observation in regard to the Christian communities in Syria is the role played by high-ranking figures in the Christian religious establishment. for just like most of their Sunni counterparts, they have proven what so many Syrian activists have known for a long time, that they are mere puppets in the hand of the regime, and instruments for exerting control over and manipulating the sentiments of the country’s Christians.
The Ammar Abdulhamid Archive 