John McCain’s Syrian delusions

Jun 20 2013 Posted by
Gary Scarrabelotti

“The lofty notion of ‘responsibility to protect’ is a fraud …”

John McCain’s Syrian delusions | by Bruce Thornton | Real Clear Politics | June 19, 2013

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Posted in International Relations, Iran, Must Reads, Russia, Syria
Tagged Senator John McCain; Responsibility to protect

War on the imperial periphery

Mar 30 2013 Posted by
Gary Scarrabelotti

The EU prophesies world economic doom if a single member should desert the euro zone.

By Gary Scarrabelotti^*

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Posted in EU, International Relations, Russia
Tagged Bail-out, Cyprus, euro, Euro zone, European Central Bank, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Vladimir Putin

Paradigm shift

Jun 25 2012 Posted by
Gary Scarrabelotti

How Bob Carr dropped a bombshell on my breakfast table.

By Gary Scarrabelotti

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Posted in Australia, International Relations, Middle East, Russia, Syria, USA
Tagged Bob Carr, Obama, Vladimir Putin

Syria – maybe the Ruskis have a point

Jun 21 2012 Posted by
Gary Scarrabelotti

Syria and Assad are our problem today because of our blunder in Iraq.

By Gary Scarrabelotti

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Posted in Afghanistan, International Relations, Middle East, Russia, Syria
Tagged Bashar al-Assad, Greg Sheridan, Saddam Hussein, Shi'ite, Sunni, Walter Russell Mead

Australia without America

Jan 21 2012 Posted by
Gary Scarrabelotti

Think India, think Russia.

By Gary Scarrabelotti

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Posted in Afghanistan, China, Defence, International Relations, Pakistan, Russia, USA
Tagged Greg Sheridan, Isolationism, Kopassus, Ron Paul, SAS, Spestnaz, Sukhoi