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by Michael Zigismund On April 6, 2017, the United States bombed a Syrian airbase. The bombing was in response to a chemical attack immediately thought to be ordered at the behest of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad just two days before. This bombing was illegal. Even...
In the wee hours of the morning on Nov 9, 2016, as the returns from Wisconsin and Pennsylvania indicated a Trump victory, a wave of shock crashed over American politics. Then there was a second wave of astonishment in the wake that election night victory: the...
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Pres. Obama has authorized “using air power to defend a new U.S.-backed fighting force in Syria if it is attacked by Syrian government forces or other groups.” This unilateral decision by the President to...
Pres. Obama and his team have been playing twister with legal arguments for bombing Syria without an express declaration of war from Congress. Those changing arguments are all wrong, and the attacks on Syria – like so many wars before it – are wildly...