Americas

Vladimir Putin is unlikely to lend his support to latest US crusade There are many a cautionary tale for Arab leaders – and for arrogant Western ones – about Moscow’s dealings with the Middle East

by Robert Fisk, The Independent Not many years ago, a Russian President held a late-night meeting with his special representative and asked him to fly at once to meet with an Arab dictator – to give him a personal warning on an impending American attack. If the Arab autocrat would […]

This bombardment of Syria clichés shows no sign of stopping Politicians all around the world discuss war with the very tiredest of language

BY ROBERT FISK, THE INDEPENDENT Missiles maybe. But the bombardment of clichés is real enough – and low enough quality not to do anyone any harm except for the gentlemen who utter them. Really, who writes this stuff for Kerry? There was “armchair isolationism”. Why an armchair? And who was […]