Sign in Welcome! Log into your account your username your password Forgot your password? Get help Create an account Create an account Welcome! Register for an account your email your username A password will be e-mailed to you. Password recovery Recover your password your email A password will be e-mailed to you. The US Wants Us To Bomb Syria for Political Reasons 120 August 26, 2015 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Published in The Age (Australia) on 25 August 2015 by Michael Cornish (link to originallink to original) Translated from English by . Edited by . Back To Origin This post appeared on the front page as a direct link to the original article with the above link . Tags:AustraliaBashar Assadinternational relationsIslamic StateSyriaTony AbbottUnited Nations Hot this week Block titleFeaturedAll time popularMore Palestine: The American Delegation and Managing the Ceasefire’s Repercussions November 24, 2025. Published in alqudsNetanyahu's team ... has no interest in the ceasefire nor in the success of the American plan. 0 Saudi Arabia: A Tale of Two ‘Virtual’ Ceasefires November 29, 2025. Published in Arab News 0 Japan: Trump Administration’s ‘Spitballs,’ Seeking To Shrink the Press November 26, 2025. Published in Sankei Shimbun 0 Saudi Arabia: Riyadh and Washington … Filling the Vacuum and Lifting Stability November 25, 2025. Published in Asharq Al-AwsatThe new landscape consolidates Riyadh’s position as a regional power. 0 South Africa: How Revoking Naledi Pandor’s US Visa Was Engineered November 29, 2025. Published in Cape TimesThe question we therefore need to ask is who is next? 0 Topics India: A Tenuous Truce: Can the Updated US-Ukraine Peace Plan Actually End the War? November 29, 2025. Published in FirstpostThe US 28-point plan, which favoured Russia, was seen in Moscow as a potential starting point, but the revised, Western-aligned version has been dismissed as “entirely unconstructive.” 0 South Africa: How Revoking Naledi Pandor’s US Visa Was Engineered November 29, 2025. Published in Cape TimesThe question we therefore need to ask is who is next? 0 Saudi Arabia: A Tale of Two ‘Virtual’ Ceasefires November 29, 2025. Published in Arab News 0 Palestine: Peace: Rest in Peace November 28, 2025. Published in alquds“The Palestinians like me. The Palestinians are doing very well actually.” 0 Iraq: The Anxious America: When Fear Becomes a Component of Political Awareness November 27, 2025. Published in alsabaahThis contradiction between fearing violence while simultaneously rejecting it defines the current American mood. 0 Austria: Trump’s Double Failures November 27, 2025. Published in Der StandardThe first cracks are appearing in the MAGA movement, which has long been drunk with power. 0 Spain: Marco Rubio: Semiotics of the ‘Bully’ November 27, 2025. Published in La JornadaRubio represents a function: that of translating the doctrine of interventionism into everyday language. 0 Japan: Trump Administration’s ‘Spitballs,’ Seeking To Shrink the Press November 26, 2025. Published in Sankei Shimbun 0 Related Articles Australia: The Trump Presidency Could Be a Priceless Gift to Australia November 24, 2025. Published in ABC News Australia Australia: Trump, Zelenskyy and European Leaders under Pressure over Peace Deal November 24, 2025. Published in ABC News Australia Spain: Trump’s Focus on the Western Hemisphere Is Astute, but His Policy Needs Adjustment November 20, 2025. Published in El Diario ExteriorTrump’s return to blatant imperialism is likely to be counterproductive. Canada: US Ambassador Resents Meddling in Foreign Electoral Politics, but Trump Doesn’t Seem To Mind Doing So November 20, 2025. Published in CBC Australia: G20 Leaders Are ‘Saving the Furniture’ as Trump Leads a Boycott November 20, 2025. Published in ABC News Australia Previous articleIsrael Must Keep Confronting ObamaNext articleAre Republican Candidates Actually on to Something about ‘Anchor Babies’? LEAVE A REPLY Cancel replyLog in to leave a comment