Willis L. Krumholz, The Federalist: It’s Good For America, Not Russia, To Stop The CIA From Funding Syrian Jihadists
The idea that Russia orchestrated the Trump administration’s decision to end the CIA’s funding of jihadists is totally corrupt and offensive.
The latest batch of horse manure peddled by the mainstream media came after yet another anonymous leak from within the intelligence community to the Washington Post. On Wednesday last week, the Post reported that President Trump had ordered the Central Intelligence Agency to stop arming and training the rebels fighting Bashar al-Assad in Syria.
The decision likely occurred last month, during a meeting in the Oval Office that included national security advisor H.R. McMaster and CIA Director Mike Pompeo. This was several weeks before a July 7 meeting that Trump was set to have with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who backs the Assad regime.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- July 25, 2017
Trump Is Striving For an Endgame in Syria -- Angelo Codevilla, RCW
As Temple Mount tensions persist, where’s Donald Trump? -- Raphael Ahren, Times of Israel
How a 1929 Dispute Frames Today's Temple Mount Conflict -- Noah Feldman, Bloomberg
Bombing the Rubble -- Tom Engelhardt, RCW/Tom Dispatch
US-China trade must be a two-way street -- SCMP editorial
The South China Sea’s untapped oil and natural gas are back in focus -- Steve Mollman, Quartz
Can the US get a foot in Vietnam’s door? -- Wendell Minnick, Shephard
Disputes Between Germany and Turkey Threaten to Affect NATO Mission -- Julian E. Barnes and Emre Peker, WSJ
Europe’s Next Crisis: The Balkans -- Walter Russel Mead, WSJ
Poland's President Is No Friend of the Opposition -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg
Can Macron avoid the Sarkozy trap? -- Dalibor Rohac, Politico
Don’t write off post-Brexit London just yet -- John Lloyd, Reuters
Donald Trump is the odd man out with Putin and Xi -- Alexander Gabuev, Financial Times
Why It’s Hard to Take Democrats Seriously on Russia -- James Kirchick, Politico
Are Russia and America Headed for a Showdown? -- George Beebe, National Interest
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