Attack on Syria Does Not Benefit U.S National Security or Strategic National Interests
President Obama and some US allies are now accusing President Assad of using chemical weapons against his citizens without showing any evidence to shape the view of the American people and as a pretext to intervene with military action against the Assad regime. We all know that in a war civilians will die; furthermore, […]
Muslims should blame themselves and stop blaming others for their current miserable situation
Today what is going on in the Middle East is rooted in political opportunism, the spread of different ideologies, radicalism, and the distortion of religious tenets in order to instill their own ideology. The Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979 led to fears in Sunni countries that the Shia revolution could spread to other […]
Moderate Islam Has Failed in the Middle East
Today democracy has become one of the features of contemporary politics in the Middle East. Many leaders, scholars and citizens consider themselves to be democrats but fail to come up with a single definition of democracy.
Middle East and Clash of Ideologies: Theocracy vs. Democracy
“Man will ultimately be governed by God or by Tyrants.” Benjamin Franklin The issue of religion and the state is one of the most burning social issues in the Middle East. From Tahrir Square in Egypt to Taksim Square in Turkey people are protesting the same thing: people are battling over theocracy or democracy, and […]
The Kurds and Peace: Kurds Tend to forget The Past Easily
Throughout history, the Kurdish people have faced one incontrovertible fact of real politics. Kurds have no real predictable or long-term allies in the Middle East. Because of disunity among Kurdish people, they have often sought alliances with international powers, and most of the time these friendly allies decided it was in their interest […]
Are Turkey and the United States Strategic Allies or Competitors in the Middle East?
In his visit to the United States Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was received with top honors by the Obama administration; this shows that the United States takes very seriously its strategic relationship with Turkey. The main agenda for Prime Minister Erdogan’s visit was to seek reinforcement from the Obama administration for NATO’s intervention […]
A Slam Dunk of Regime Change in Syria
The United States and its allies thought that the regime change in Syria would be a slam dunk. They thought it would be like Libya. Using a no fly zone imposed by NATO, they thought they could bomb and kill or capture Assad and thereby end the war. Syria is pretty much now at the […]
Who Is a Threat to America’s National Security, the Assad Regime or Fundamentalists?
The West, the United States, Israel, Arabs and Turks have tried all kinds of provocations, slanders, and excuses to get rid of Assad’s regime, and sooner or later the Assad regime will be replaced by another one, which may prove to be a worse regime such as Sunni Wahabists or Gulenists. Granted, at present the Assad […]
The Wise Man of the Turks
A wise man is someone who knows and sees differences between good and evil, just and unjust, right and wrong, ethical and unethical, moral and immoral.