Thinking of Obama as US turns into an unreliable ally on January 17, 2019What made the Syria deployment easily justifiable was the fact that the cost in terms of American lives was practically zero. For all we know, US President Donald Trump’s Syria withdrawal has a beginning but no clear end. As he has said in one of his many perplexing remarks on the issue, the US military […]
Arab nations can do with more tact to make Trump see reason on January 8, 2019Engaging the US president in friendly prodding and polite conversation have yielded good results. When it comes to dealing with US President Donald Trump, the most effective approach may very well be a dictum attributed to the British statesman Winston Churchill: “Meeting jaw to jaw is better than war.” For proof, one need look no […]