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"At this rate I don't think we can continue beyond another month or so," he says, frowning at a chart of statistics he has drawn up showing 2500 refugees in the Bekaa, more than half of whom arrived in the past month as violence in Syria spiraled. Despite freezing rains, snowdrifts and a heavy...
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Libya 'cannot stop' fighters joining Syria rebels - FT.com. Libya's foreign minister says the interim government cannot stop Libyans from joining the Syrian uprising, as Tripoli takes the ...
"Yes, President Obama has shown a remarkable ability to forge a united international front on issue after issue. The quantum increase in support for US positions and initiatives is a much bigger deal than media assessments have acknowledged. As other nations have become more welcoming toward the United States' global role, the president can make a strong claim to have rehabilitated American leadership."
This, along with the George Will piece I shared earlier, help demonstrate why the GOP will not be able to truthfully and effectively use foreign policy and national security as themes against Obama in this year's Presidential campaign. The struggle to make a case before the electorate will likely turn on other issues.
This, along with the George Will piece I shared earlier, help demonstrate why the GOP will not be able to truthfully and effectively use foreign policy and national security as themes against Obama in this year's Presidential campaign. The struggle to make a case before the electorate will likely turn on other issues.
A recent post over at The Economist's Democracy in America blog says the Syria showdown at the UN between the US, Russia, and China demonstrates a crucial yet underappreciated success of Obama foreign policy:
Ten years back, America often found itself isolated, struggling to pull together "coalitions of the willing" packed with small client states. Lately, we have been finding ourselves in the majority, along with the democratic world, while Russia and China front a dwindling coalition of th...
Ten years back, America often found itself isolated, struggling to pull together "coalitions of the willing" packed with small client states. Lately, we have been finding ourselves in the majority, along with the democratic world, while Russia and China front a dwindling coalition of th...
