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Barack Obama, Crimes Against Humanity, European Union, International Law, Iran, Lebanon, Russia, sanctions, State Department, syria, U.N. Security Council, U.S. Congress, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, Ukraine, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes September 22, 2016

Reasoning from conclusions: Blind hope as the basis for U.S. foreign policy in Syria

Developing See Karen DeYoung, “U.S. calls on Russia and Syria to ground all aircraft in northwest Syria,” Washington Post, September 21, 2016 (8:28 PM). Karen…

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Abdoulah, Abdullah, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, corruption, Hamid Karzai, human rights, human rights reports, Intelligence, internal supporters of human rights, State Department, Taliban, targeted assassinations, targeted killings, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, United States August 19, 2012

REPRISE: Reasoning from Conclusions in Afghanistan

See Jennifer Rowland, “NATO under-reporting green-on-blue violence,” Foreign Policy, May 1, 2012. Editorial, “The Enemy Within,” New York Times, August 20, 2012. REPRISE First published…