Obama Will Not Fight ISIL This cancer will foster radicalism and terrorism throughout the region and beyond
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration Middle East policy can be summarized with this proposition: “Let’s do nothing, hoping nothing...
Tag: Egypt
Egyptian Court Let Former Dictator Mubarak Go Free The pro-democracy revolution that started with Mubarak's downfall ended up with el-Sisi, another general, in power
WASHINGTON – As we may recall, back in 2011 the enthusiastic Tahrir Square youth, armed with cell phones and twitter,...
The Bloodshed In Egypt Will Continue Until The Muslim Brotherhood Will Surrender Impossible to find a political compromise with militants who feel righteous
By Paolo von Schirach August 16, 2013 WASHINGTON – Ironically, former strong man Hosni Mubarak turned out to be right. He...
Egypt’s Tragedy Is In The Mix Of Impossible Politics And Total Economic Collapse 40% unemployment, currency reserves are gone. Saudi Arabia to the rescue, while Washington has become irrelevant
By Paolo von Schirach July 16, 2013 WASHINGTON – The unfolding Egyptian drama sadly tells us that the Arab...
Hillary Clinton Is Very Popular, Yet Her Record As Secretary Of State Is Unremarkable – No Major Success – All Critical Issues, from Iran To North Korea, Unresolved
By Paolo von Schirach February 2, 2013 WASHINGTON – Hillary Clinton just had her last day as...
Many Muslim Societies Are Prisoners Of Intolerant Orthodoxy – It Will Take A Long Time For Them To Embrace Tolerance And Secular Government
By Paolo von Schirach November 24, 2012 WASHINGTON – The stealthy coup just engineered by Egyptian President...
Most Commentators Give Good Grades To Obama’s Foreign Policy – Yet The Record Is Unremarkable: Messy War In Afghanistan, Iran On Its Way To Get A Nuclear Weapon And Now A Wave Of Anti-American Protests Throughout The Muslim World
By Paolo von Schirach September 18, 2012 WASHINGTON – The established consensus among leading American foreign policy...
The White House Stated That All The Attacks Against American Embassies Are Due To An Obscure Anti-Islam Video Produced In The US – So, The American Government Tells The World That Its Entire Foreign Policy Apparatus Has Less Influence With Arab Countries Than A Single Video – End Of America As Super Power
By Paolo von Schirach September 15, 2012 WASHINGTON – Regarding the repeated violent attacks against US Embassies...
The Revolution in Egypt Got Coverage – The Dogged Syrians Who Keep Protesting Against a Worse Dictator, With More Than 1300 Killed, Get Little Attention – Yet their Bravery is Immense
By Paolo von Schirach July 16, 2011 WASHINGTON– Why is it that the Cairo Tahrir Square protests...
Egypt in Transition Towards Democracy Is Semi-Bankrupt – $ 20 Billion International Assistance, Will It Be Enough?
By Paolo von Schirach June 6, 2011 WASHINGTON – If you thought that the US had a...