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Negotiating With Assad Without A Stick Is Recipe For Disaster Obama has no authorization to carry out a military strike. Assad knows this. He will make a mockery of any diplomatic process aimed at surrendering WMDs

By Paolo von Schirach Related story: https://schirachreport.com/index.php/2013/09/10/unless-assad-and-the-russians-are-convinced-that-the-us-means-business-they-will-use-any-negotations-about-surrendering-wmds-as-a-dilatory-tactic/ September 11, 2013 WASHINGTON – I argued that the only way to ensure...

Unless Assad and The Russians Are Convinced that The US Means Business, They Will Use Any Negotations About Surrendering WMDs As A Dilatory Tactic Only the credible threat of the use of American military force will induce Damascus to give up its chemical weapons

By Paolo von Schirach September 10, 2013 WASHINGTON – The Russian last minute proposal, (made through Sergey Lavrov, the Foreign Minister),...

America And The World Are Against It, But Obama Now Must Act On Syria Politically speaking this is almost suicidal; but the President has no choice. He cannot retreat

By Paolo von Schirach September 7, 2013 WASHINGTON – From a purely political vantage point, Obama’s plan to punish...

Assuming Congressional Approval, The US Military Must Deliver A Truly Powerful Blow Against Assad The world, including friends and foes, has to be convinced that America means business. Flagrant violations of international law do have consequences

By Paolo von Schirach September 4, 2013 WASHINGTON – Regarding Syria and the US appropriate US response to its flagrant...

America Will Act In Syria – But Do Not Expect Much The Us has neither the money nor the stomach to get involved in another conflict in another Muslim country

By Paolo von Schirach August 27, 2013 WASHINGTON – Sadly, the strong words of moral outrage uttered by Secretary of...

Obamacare Will Not Improve America’s Deeply Flawed Health Care System The new law is mostly about extending health insurance. It does not address the built-in incentives to over prescribe, nor does it create credible "wellness education" programs

By Paolo von Schirach August 25, 2013 WASHINGTON – The real problem with soon to be implemented Obamacare is that, contrary to...

AARP Magazine Placed A Good Article On Bill Clinton’s Healthy Diet On Page 38 – Why Not The Cover Story? AARP does little to promote healthy habits among its members who are the largest consumers of medical services. Why is that?

By Paolo von Schirach August 8, 2013 WASHINGTON – The 38 million strong AARP (formerly the American Association of...

Mediocre July Jobs Report Points To Lower Standards Of Living In The US Most of the new 162,000 jobs are low paying positions in retail. Too many part time jobs. The end of American upward mobility?

By Paolo von Schirach August 3, 2013 WASHINGTON – The latest US jobs figures are alarming. Sure, we added...

Detroit’s Bankruptcy Is About Unaffordable Pension Obligations The city tried to raise extra revenue with higher taxes, this way encouraging more tax payers to leave. The combination of pension costs and bonds obligations proved to be unsustainable. Detroit is not "too big to fail"

By Paolo von Schirach July 22, 2013 WASHINGTON – The convenient narrative about the Detroit bankruptcy is that the...

Obama’s Speeches Not In Sync With America’s Deep Concerns Nuclear disarmament, gloabal warming are imporatnt issues but not on top of any list. Obama's grandiose pronouncements fall flat. President out of touch?

By Paolo von Schirach June 26, 2013 WASHINGTON – I notice a huge disconnect between the big concerns of the...