Epstein Secrets

ing in Syria Doyle McManus December 15, 2013 -- Here's how feeble U.S. influence on the outcome of Syria's dreadful civil war has become: For the Obama administration's diplomacy to succeed, it now needs help from an armed group with the unpromising name of the Islamic Front. That wasn't where the

litics, beyond the support of a few oilmen and arms manufacturers. The Saudi royals do not even enjoy the warm personal relationship with President Barack Obama that they once had with Presidents George Bush (both father and son) and Bill Clinton, who managed bilateral relations directly. Perhaps the most

wasn't where the administration hoped to be. When President Obama first got interested in Syria back in 2011, his

oy the warm personal relationship with President Barack Obama that they once had with Presidents George

ng now: trying to resuscitate Idriss' Free Syrian Army, seeking a rapprochement with the Islamic Front and working to keep diplomatic talks alive. Frederic C. Hof of the Atlantic Council, another Syria expert, calls that "the moonwalk option" — the illusion of forward motion while standing in place — and it's

t obstacle to an orderly national security process that is deliberative is the sheer brainpower of the people sitting atop the bureaucratic pyramid. Barack Obama and Susan Rice are among the very brightest people to serve in the US govemment. They may think they can figure Syria out themselves, within a small

ple sitting atop the bureaucratic pyramid. Barack Obama and Susan Rice are among the very brightest peopl

he people sitting atop the bureaucratic pyramid. Barack Obama and Susan Rice are among the very brightest

s. Belle" "Gray, Alex" B." Objet: (s) 7/11, Atlantic Council (Hof): Syria: Blackberry Diplomacy Atlantic Council Syria: Blackberry Diplomacy By Frederic C. Hof July 11, 2013 "Mahle, Melissa "Seche, Stephen A." "Dixon, Timothy" A friendly discussion about Syria with a former US State Department colleague g

he, Stephen A." "Dixon, Timothy" Objet: (s) 7/11, Atlantic Council (Hof): Syria: Blackberry Diplomacy Atlantic Council Syria: Blackberry Diplomacy By Frederic C. Hof July 11, 2013 A friendly discussion about Syria with a former US State Department colleague gave rise to a point I will not soon forget. "Fred, there

st obstacle to an orderly national security process that is deliberative is the sheer brainpower of the people sitting atop the bureaucratic pyramid. Barack Obama and Susan Rice are among the very brightest people to serve in the US government. They may think they can figure Syria out themselves, within a small

ple sitting atop the bureaucratic pyramid. Barack Obama and Susan Rice are among the very brightest peopl

Stephen A." ?, "Dixon, Timothy" Objet: (s) 7/11, Atlantic Council (Hof): Syria: Blackberry Diplomacy Atlantic Council Syria: Blackberry Diplomacy By Frederic C. Hof July 11, 2013 A friendly discussion about Syria with a former US State Department colleague gave rise to a point I will not soon forget. "Fred, there

st obstacle to an orderly national security process that is deliberative is the sheer brainpower of the people sitting atop the bureaucratic pyramid. Barack Obama and Susan Rice are among the very brightest people to serve in the US government. They may think they can figure Syria out themselves, within a small

ple sitting atop the bureaucratic pyramid. Barack Obama and Susan Rice are among the very brightest peopl