For whatever reason I began studying military issues when I was about seven. It was an odd choice for me, since I hate violence. When I saw my first plucked turkey, I became hysterical. My mother had to throw it away and give us peanut-butter sandwiches for Thanksgiving dinner. But studying war was useful in…
A diplomatic solution for Syria?
October 26, 2015
Reader Aqeel Yousuf sent me a question: “Now that the foreign ministers of Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey met with the American Secretary of State in Vienna on October 23, does that mean a diplomatic solution to the Syrian civil war is possible?” Well, yes and no. Mr. Yousuf appears to be a very young…