by Piper Bayard | 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...
by Piper Bayard | 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...
by Piper Bayard | May 5, 2011 | Foreign Affairs
By Jay Holmes The spice trade has dried up, and the 24,000,000 well-armed people in “The South” suffer an unemployment rate of close to 70%. The fragile economy relies on Yemen’s very limited oil supplies, and these are expected to dry up by 2017....
by Piper Bayard | May 1, 2011 | Special Edition Libya
By Jay Holmes I thought it was time for a renewed analysis of some of the Middle East and North African hot spots. Let’s look at a few of the ongoing domestic struggles, starting with Libya. Libya: On Saturday night, a NATO air strike hit a command center/Gadhafi...
by Piper Bayard | Apr 3, 2011 | Special Edition Libya
By Jay Holmes China, Syria, and Iran are watching the military operations being conducted by NATO forces in Libya with great attention. China sent the 4000 ton frigate, Xuzhou, into Libyan waters, supposedly to assist in evacuations of Chinese citizens from Libya....
by Piper Bayard | Feb 22, 2011 | Foreign Affairs
By Jay Holmes Hi, Samuel. Thank you for your thoughtful response. You covered many topics. Let me start with your two questions: What kind of situation is the world in for in the immediate future? What changes can be made to our foreign policy to assure peaceful and...
by Piper Bayard | Feb 21, 2011 | Foreign Affairs
By Jay Holmes This is in response to “mr blue,” who asked last Monday, “So what countries currently have the biggest impact in Egypt besides the Egyptians?” First Mr. Blue, take a deep breath. Except in Las Vegas, blue is not a good color for...
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