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American government's job is to protect Americans. ISIS harmed American's and thus drew the nation's ire, and rightfully so. Assad continues to kill Syrians, but inherently, that is a duty for Syrians. If America were to attack every nation that harms or kills its own people, the US will have to invade China, Russia, and many others. So, Obama's foreign policy, while derided by some, is perhaps America's first realistic foreign policy in decades. The US cannot, and should not become the world's policeman. If Assad makes the mistake of harming Americans, then he would have rightfully deserved attack by the US government. The so called Syrian opposition that wants America to help it get rid of Assad, so that it can then "deal" with ISIS is living in lala land. The Syrian opposition remains fractious, and unsure. Like the Shia opposition against Saddam, it lacks a national structure and basis. Obama is right to avoid turning the US into Syria...

A play from Natanyahu's playbook - "when your enemies are fighting each other..." Civilized people across the globe must come together and fight the evil menaces that threaten the global order, but it is imperative that the ones who are charged to lead or who have chosen to take on leadership role remember the value of consistency. Terrorist groups, Islamic or otherwise are a threat to human civilization. They work to overturn existing orders and re-impose primitive  social and political orders. However, in fighting them, we cannot turn a blind eye to atrocities against humanity committed by our "friends" and "allies" or those committed in our backyard. President Obama's measured, calculated and deliberate approach may seem a bit "too cautious" to some, but the last time we avoided being to cautions, America and the West was led into a quagmire in Iraq whose cost to global stability, human lives and suffering, and fiscal ...

"When the only tool you have is retreat, every problem looks “manageable.” " --- Mr. Lowrey's attempt to paint the administration's foreign policy as feckless forced him to create his own axiom. But saying it doesn't make it so. The world is a complex place with various actors, each playing its own game, often to its own tune. The rise of China did not start in 2009, nor did the belligerence of Putin. Leaving thousands of American troops in Iraq would not have stemmed the rise of violence in that country, only good leadership stood a chance, and Maliki was not it. America has a choice to make in Afghanistan, but short of a coup, it was near impossible to remove Kazai outside of elections and get good governance. It is easy for McCain and his ilk to act as monday morning quarter backs, but engaging in every oversea conflict only weakens America the more. And after two expensive wars in the 2000, and soaring public debt, caution will only give America...

The boko haram group is a reflection on the distaste of a group of Nigerians to the idea that another group "runs" the country. Since The Brits "divided and ruled" the Niger area (Nigeria) since 1914, the tug of war between North and South, East and West etc have continued unabated. While Nigeria became the identity of a people, generations later, the issue of spoils continue to dodge the nation and its people. For years, it was the Ogoni's in the delta area, and then it was the Ijaws. For a while the Ijaws and the Urhobos were at each others throat, just as so many of the different groups that were clobbered into a nation state have been at each others throat at some time or the other over the last 100 years. What Nigeria, and indeed many of the states created as a result of European empires need is a rethink of what it means to be a nation state. Is there an overriding reason why oil discovered on Isoko land must be used to fund development in Ni...