If Taylor of Liberia can be hauled to The Hague and tried for aiding and abetting atrocities that were committed in Sierra Leone, why shouldn’t Putin of Russia face the same fate for aiding and abetting similar atrocities now being committed in Syria? (“Liberian president Charles Taylor Convicted in The Hague,” The iPINIONS Journal, April… Read more.
Archives for June 2013
Obama to Lecture China’s Xi on Cyberspying…? Puhleeese
The media have been hyping this weekend’s summit between President Barack Obama and President Xi Jinping as if it were a heavyweight-boxing match. Specifically, they are reporting on Obama’s declared intent to give Xi the riot act over Chinese hacking American military and corporate secrets as if he intends to lead off their summit by punching… Read more.
Turkey’s Erdogan No Different from Syria’s Assad…?
The overthrow of Arab regimes [has] not worked in the interest of freedom, democracy or ending social injustice as much as it helped create chaos. (BBC, September 21, 2012) Given that unrelenting chaos has followed the overthrow of Arab regimes everywhere from Afghanistan to Libya, there’s simply no gainsaying this observation. And that none other than… Read more.