Although WALL\THERAPY organizers set a theme of arts and activism for this year’s festival, they left the specifics up to the individual artists. Todd Stahl, a teacher at Webster Thomas High School, began working Sunday at 59 Pennsylvania Avenue, assisted by a few of his students. His mural features an oversize portrait of a young […]
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Toward what end? Obama’s ISIS policy
I don’t like where this is headed. I don’t like it at all. It’s been 13 years since 9/11, and in spite of the blood spilled and the money spent in Iraq and Afghanistan, by this country and others, we have by no means wiped out the threat of terrorism. We weakened – but didn’t […]
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Our terrible dilemma: the options with Syria
Let me think out loud again, if you will, about Syria. Russia’s proposal to put Syria’s chemical weapons under international control offers some hope. But given Vladimir Putin’s lack of initiative previously, this feels more like a delaying tactic. If that’s the case? President Obama has told us what he thinks we should do. Now […]
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What’s next? Obama, Syria, and Congress
Obama’s address on Syria on Saturday wasn’t what anybody expected. And it didn’t take long for the predictable critics to launch the predictable criticisms. (He looks weak; he’s making the US look weak; he doesn’t know what he’s doing; he’s emboldening Assad.) But I thought the speech was excellent. And seeking Congressional authorization before attacking […]
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Schumer awaiting Syria details
President Barack Obama has been meeting with Congressional leaders today to try to win their backing for a strike against Syria. An article on the Washington Post’s website says that, after closed-door meetings with the president, Republican House Speaker John Boehner, Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, and Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi all […]
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National security and the problem with Syria
As we leave Afghanistan, will we jump into Syria? Should we? An estimated 80,000 people have been killed in the Syrian conflict, and the United Nations estimates that more than 5 million have been uprooted. Officials in Jordan say that 10 percent of that country’s population now consists of Syrian refugees, according to a BBC […]
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Rocking the cradle in Syria
After drawing a line in the sand warning Syrian President Bashar Assad not to use chemical weapons, President Obama is now in a precarious place. The unimaginable may have happened. Detailed accounts of Assad’s use of the weapons are not clear, but several reports of Assad’s army using chemical weapons began to surface last week. […]
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US should use caution when aiding rebel groups
The United States has a long history of aiding coups against unfriendly regimes, only to watch the the rebel groups it aided become unfriendly. And the new regimes often have gone on to commit human rights abuses of their own. In some cases, the goal was to stop the spread of Communism. That was an […]
