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Some Potential Clarity on U.S. Policy in Syria and Ukraine, For Better or Worse (Mostly Worse)
Reading the tea leaves about where Donald Trump is going in Syria and Ukraine.
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Kyle Orton
Assessing the Claim of 27 Million Soviet Deaths in the War Against Nazism
A case study of a widespread problem.
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Kyle Orton
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How Many Times Does HAMAS Have to Admit it is Lying About the Casualty Figures?
The terrorists keep saying their data is junk and nobody will listen.
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Kyle Orton
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Is Trump Preparing to Withdraw U.S. Troops From Syria?
On the current evidence, it seems so.
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Kyle Orton
Syria’s Political Transition Under the Shadow of the Alawi Massacres
Sectarian pogroms give post-Assad Syria its darkest moment so far.
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Kyle Orton
Syria’s New Rulers Are on the Terrorism List. Should They Stay There?
Probably, for now.
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Kyle Orton
Syria Enters Uncharted Territory, But The Core Truth of the Conflict Remains
There is no peace or stability while Bashar al-Assad is in office.
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Kyle Orton
Journalists Being Partisan Advocates in Foreign Wars is Nothing New
Looking back at the war in Bosnia in the 1990s.
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Kyle Orton
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Israel’s War in Lebanon This Time Is Not Like the Others
It is much better prepared and planned.
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Kyle Orton
Nobody Knows the Number of Palestinian Casualties in Gaza
And We Should Judge Harshly Those Who Pretend Otherwise
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Russian Imperialism Under the Old Regime
It is not like Soviet imperialism.
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Kyle Orton
The Decline of Popular Historical Knowledge
Sometimes it already has got worse.
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Kyle Orton
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