“Analyst-in-Chief” muddies waters; “Commander-in-Chief” cannot be found
Urgent Messasge to President Obama: “Stop Talking!” As a lawyer and former law professor, The Observer finds it painful to criticize one from his own…
Shooting Straight About Military Operations in Libya
President Obama and his National Security team dragged their feet until the very last moment, before they gave support to U.N. Security Council Resolution 1973…
Commitments Obama Needs from Brazil
President Obama will travel to Brazil, Chile and El Salvador in the next week. Hopeully his trip to Brazil will be better prepared than his…
While Carthage Burns, Obama Dithers
If we think of Carthage not as Tripoli, but as Libya, our title makes sense. Supremely calculating, President Obama doesn’t seem motivated to do anything…
Zawiyah–Qaddafi’s victory, but stories will be told
Zawiyah has fallen, at a human and material cost that may never be fully known. Bill Neely reports to The Guardian his on-the-scene account. How…
Libya—America Abdicates Global Leadership in Struggle for Democracy
Today is a sad day for the Observer, as America abdicates its moral leadership in world affairs by adopting the role of mere spectator of…
Zawiyah 2011 = Srebrenice 2005
While the international community moves to develop a consensus to intervene with a no-fly zone in Libya, Zawiyah is being reduced to rubble. The population…
Libya and “The Audacity to Act”
The Audacity to Act We are watching in Libya an authoritarian state use the weapons of modern warfare to put down protests which were peaceful,…
The Struggle for Democracy in Bolivia, Spain, Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Lebanon, Ivory Coast, and Iran
For today’s story, click here. “Trump threatens the rule of law in the United States,” June 16, 2017. For more recent articles on the struggle…
Obama’s Foreign Policy Quagmires and Successes
As 2011 begins, it is useful to consider where the U.S. and the world are in terms of developing and implementing foreign policies that address…
Corrupt-istan Update: Karzai’s Brazen Defiance
When someone like Karzai persistently directs lies and insults against you, while you are funding the very security that enables him to stay in power, you must either stand up and burst the bonds of a dependent and abusive relationship, or suffer the consequencdes of being a wimp.
In this case, the consequnces of being a wimp are likely to be the continued loss of American and Allied lives and treasure, to no avail, and eventually the collapse of the Afghan government.
Lebanon teeters on the brink
Hezbollah is threatening to break up the “unity” government of Lebanon, as reports and rumors suggest Hezbollah members may be indicted by the prosecutor of…
The smartest person in the room, and the Afghanistan policy review
Continuing Reflections on “the Smartest Person in the Room” In a previous article, we offered some observations on the report that President Obama always considers…
Is Obama the smartest person in the room?
Is President Obama the smartest guy in the room? According to Peter Baker, in his profile of the president last Sunday, “[O]ne prominent Democratic lawmaker…
Complex political currents in Iran
What is going on these days in Iran? It is difficult, from outside the country, to gain a clear picture of the relative positions of…
“The Magician” draws eyes away from the ball in Afghanistan–again!
Once again, on the eve of a major meeting of U.S. and NATO foreign and defense ministers on October 14, the “Magician” in his green…
Strategic disarray in Afghanistan
“The current near-term strategy appears to be to try to kill enough of the Taliban’s leaders to force them to negotiate a settlement on terms acceptable to Hamid Karzai.”
“This war will not be won, or defeat avoided, by fine intellectual distinctions.”
“What Obama needs to do is to take the bull by the horns, and start exploring options for the early departure of Hamid Karzai. This will be a monumentally challenging task. So was D-Day in World War II.”
Übersetzungen von Artikeln über die Anreicherung in Brasilien, den Fall von Baltasar Garzón in Spanien, und die Unabhängigkeit der Gerichte in Bolivien
Die Trenchant Observer Auswärtige Angelegenheiten und sonstige Angelegenheiten Auf einige Themen, wo das größte Publikum ist in etwa, veröffentlicht Brasilien, Spanien oder Lateinamerika, dem Observer…
English translations of articles on enrichment in Brazil, the case of Baltasar Garzón in Spain, and the independence of the judiary in Bolivia
On some subjects, where the largest audience is in e.g., Brazil, Spain or Latin America, the Observer publishes articles in Portuguese, Spanish, or another language….
Ex-Presidente Jorge Quiroga, sentenciado por injurias, cuestiona democracia y justicia independiente en Bolivia
El Observador Incisivo El ex-presidente de Bolivia, Jorge Quiroga, después de ser sentenciado a una pena de dos años y 8 meses de reclusión por…