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By making crucial mistakes, the winners of World War I not only paved the way for Hitler to emerge in Europe, but their actions in the Middle East also gave birth to the movement we now know as Islamist terrorism.
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Syria is a mess. And the narrative in mainstream media keeps swinging from one extreme to another, failing to grasp the complexities of the situation.
A new documentary on the life, capture and execution of a young American journalist is riveting. It does not, however, help us understand why he had to die.
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Item: Our story about how Russia was meeting its objectives in Syria at a bearable cost and getting the better of the West keeps on clocking. First Reuters jumped on it, and now the Washington Post. Remember: you read it here first.
Turks against Kurds, ISIS against Kurds, Russia against ISIS, Turkey against Russia — who will be the winner? And how will it affect the rest of the world?
With no apparent repercussions for lying on the campaign trail, all candidates are bending the truth at disconcerting levels. An analysis of data from the group that impartially “outs” the liars finds the worst offenders on the GOP side.
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On January 17, 1961, outgoing president Dwight D. Eisenhower, a military man, warned us to beware of the masters of America’s industrial war machine and their growing hold over the country. On this anniversary of his famous speech, it is worth listening to his prophetic words, if only to consider why no one has taken heed of them.