Saving Syria or Saving Face?

There is no idea or notion at this stage that is more fanciful than the belief that the US and Russia are actually cooperating on Syria, other than the belief that the Americans, the Russians, the Iranians, are engaged in secret talks to help “save Syria.” Saving Syria or helping the people of Syria is not something anyone is interested in at this stage, and has probably never been a factor in anyone’s calculations otherwise all would have behaved differently many months ago. If this lot is talking about anything at this stage, it’s about face-saving solutions for each, especially the Obama Administration, as well as finding ways to combat Al-Qaeda, the entity that keeps popping up as a result of their collective fuckups.

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The New Yorker Festival 2013: Obama & the World Panel

A panel with the Syrian activist Ammar Abdulhamid, The New Yorker’s Dexter Filkins, the Institute for Democracy and Cooperation’s Andranik Migranyan, and the New America Foundation’s Anne-Marie Slaughter took place on October 6 as part of The New Yorker Festival 2013. The panel was moderated by Steve Coll, the New Yorker staff writer and the dean of the Columbia School of Journalism, and was attended by around 200 participants. The photos were just released.

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Companies, port sought to destroy Syria poisons

Companies, port sought to destroy Syria poisons | Reuters.

And now, and just like no one wanted to assume responsibility of ending the ongoing genocide in Syria, no one wants to assume responsibility of destroying the chemical weapons that Assad has stockpiled. Meanwhile, the geniuses of the Obama Administration are still trying to learn how to operate a website.

Lebanon and the Long Reach of Syria’s Conflict

Lebanon and the Long Reach of Syria’s Conflict : The New Yorker.

Actually the long reach of the Syria conflict will be felt in Europe, Africa and Southeast Asia and beyond soon. As to what is happening now in Lebanon, well, it’s simply an extension of the selfsame conflict that the inaction of the Obama Administration has allowed to unfold – a conflict that will engulf the region and change her boundaries forever.