Syria and the Sands of Time

by | Jan 8, 2012 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs

By Jay Holmes Since I published my last update on Syria in late November, the conflict remains in overtime, waiting for a tie breaker. It’s easy enough to watch the events play out from this safe distance, but for the 22.5 million people living in Syria, things...

Pakistan and the Tangled Web

by | Dec 1, 2011 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs

By Jay Holmes On Saturday, November 26, 2011, NATO conducted airstrikes against what later proved to be two Pakistani border observation posts. Twenty-four Pakistani soldiers were killed in the two air attacks, and NATO’s always tenuous relationship with...

Syria is Heating Up

by | Nov 20, 2011 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs

By HOLMES This past Wednesday, November 16, the rebellion in Syria escalated significantly.* A team of rebel commandos lead by, and possibly completely manned by, deserters from the Syrian military attacked an important intelligence center that Syria’s secret...

Syria’s Assad has Crossed the Rubicon

by | Nov 6, 2011 | Current Affairs

By Jay Holmes On January 27 of this year, protests began in Syria against Syrian dictator Bashar Assad. Bashar (a.k.a. Assad 2.0) quickly attempted to crush the protests before they could gain any momentum. He was unable to declare a state of emergency because Syria...

Good Riddance to Qaddafi

by | Oct 23, 2011 | Current Affairs, Special Edition Libya

By Jay Holmes On October 20, 2011, the Libyan National Transition Council reported that Libya ended forty-two years of suffering under the heartless, egomaniacal Moammar Qaddafi. The world was treated to a brief video showing a wounded, captured Qaddafi, pleading for...