This is the story of syrian president bashar assad a tyrant who has waged a brutal war against his own people hes used chemical weapons should this despotic butcher be allowed to take part in peace talks with western states. We have to talk to assad and his representatives that. Assad and his russian allies have after all played a key role in helping the west defeat Islamic State forces but can really help to stabilize the middle east as a useful tyrant. Visit Syrian Government troops in the summer of twenty sixteen the Syrian Government has been fighting a bitter civil war for more than six years more than three hundred thousand people have been killed in the conflict ten million have been forced to leave their homes tens of thousands have been arrested and tortured in government prisons. But assad could still prove useful to the west. As a mudra bosher are i suspect in some measure is always trying to live up to the image of his father. The latest wave of terrorism in europe the refu
For our economy over the past several years and persistent increases will only bode well for them. More notes on this puzzle that is facing fed officials over the contradiction between low unemployment and the lack of inflation, they will not get much help from this report, several districts reporting worker shortages on one hand, including atlanta and st. Louis reporting turning down business because they cannot find the necessary workers, but despite all that come a majority of districts reported limited wage pressures and modest to moderate wage growth. So, even though fed officials are facing this decision of whether or not to move Interest Rates up again for the end of the year, theyve been puzzling over the lack of more inflation. Scarlet the conundrum remains. Thank you so much. In two hours. Lose lets get a check on where stocks are trading right now. Abigail in the green. Not much of a reaction to that beige book report. Not much of a reaction to the news that President Trump
Country. Next, two authors talk about their work on the conditions that cause the rise of isis. They look at whether different american policy choices could have thwarted the rise of the socalled islamic state. Good. Welcome to the Americas Office for strategic studies. My name is dana allen. Im a senior fellow at our London Office and also editor of the iiss journal, survival, which is the reason that were here tonight. Because i have next to me the coauthors of the lead article in our june july issue. Professor peter fever and professor hal brands. Peter fever is professor of Political Science and Public Policy at Duke University and he also directs the american grand strategy program. From june 2005 to june 2007, peter was on leave as a special adviser for Strategic Planning and institutional reform on the National Security staff staff of the george w. Bush white house. Hes the author or coauthor of five books including pain, the human costs of war. Published by princeton in 2009. A
In 2013, even President Trump warned against military intervention four years ago, tweeting to our foolish leader, do not attack syria. If you do, many bad things will happen and from that the u. S. Gets nothing. Now we are torn between an emotional reaction and a rational response. What do we get out of the falsely simple and pat military response senator learned i graham is clamoring for. Ikea safe spaces so refugees can return home. More dead babies and a hot war with russia. Those are bad endings to an ongoing nightmare. They are blaming the attacks on an insurgent store house. If really thought the rebels were housing nerve agents in close proximity to an ally suburban hub, they would be screaming for backup. Arming rebels we dont know, creating nofly zones we wont enforce and escalating a conflict with a Nuclear Power is like diving head first. If the unstable canadians started gags their acidwashed citizens, would we expect a military response from turkey . Im sure they would lo
In 2013, even President Trump warned against military intervention four years ago, tweeting to our foolish leader, do not attack syria. If you do, many bad things will happen and from that the u. S. Gets nothing. Now we are torn between an emotional reaction and a rational response. What do we get out of the falsely simple and pat military response senator learned i graham is clamoring for. Ikea safe spaces so refugees can return home. More dead babies and a hot war with russia. Those are bad endings to an ongoing nightmare. They are blaming the attacks on an insurgent store house. If really thought the rebels were housing nerve agents in close proximity to an ally suburban hub, they would be screaming for backup. Arming rebels we dont know, creating nofly zones we wont enforce and escalating a conflict with a Nuclear Power is like diving head first. If the unstable canadians started gags their acidwashed citizens, would we expect a military response from turkey . Im sure they would lo