Aleppo, the Death of a City and of Tolerance
Rome–The startling destruction of Aleppo, Syria’s biggest city and one of its most storied, is shocking and sad to see.…
By Daniel Williams, journalist and author
Tag: Obama
Making the Philippines Great Again
Rome–Wow. Killing drugs dealers by the ton. Silencing political opposition. Making nice with China, which wants to take away of…
Putin, Assad Snookered Obama on Aleppo
Rome–Don’t be fooled. The current air blitz by Russian jets, Syrian government troops and Iranian-organized ground forces would have happened without…
Hey, Obama and Putin: Anyone Seen a Syria Ceasefire?
London–Wow, Obama and Putin. That was some ceasefire in Syria you guys signed-off on. Forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and rebels…
Obama Joins Putin’s Pro-Assad Coalition in Syria
Rome—Maybe after five years of awful turmoil, tens of thousands of deaths, millions of refugees and vast destruction of cities,…
Beijing’s South China Sea Moves A Version of Manifest Destiny
Dry Tortugas, Florida–I was visiting the Dry Tortugas, a collection of islands, sand bars and reefs 70 miles west of…
Fidel, Why So Sad?
Miami–Cuba is giving Fidel Castro a weepy goodbye on his 90th birthday today. In the official press, at least, Cubans are…
Beheaded Child, Poison Gas: Obama, Putin And Their Syrian Allies
Rome— The beheading of a child and use of poison gas in Syria ought to awaken Obama and Putin to…
No Surprise That ISIS Jihadists Killed A Priest in France
Rome— A pair of ISIS killers in provincial France slit the throat of an elderly priest while he was celebrating…
Erdogan Has Obama Over A Barrel
Rome–Turkey’s President Recip Tayyib Erdogan, fresh off putting down an inept military coup, looks set to accelerate his already speedy run…