Adeyemi Oshunrinade August 17, 2021 Kabul has fallen, the Afghan leader Ashraf Ghani fled Afghanistan abandoning his people in the midst of firefights and easy takeover by the Taliban, a terror group that lost leadership after US invasion… Read More ›
War and Politics
PUTIN’S WAR, WHAT WORLD POWERS MUST DO TO DEESCALATE THE SYRIAN MORASS
ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE April 12, 2017 After launching 59 Tomahawk missiles against Syria, many lauded President Trump for taking action by sending a clear message to the Assad regime that future chemical attacks, will not be tolerated. Tactically, it was… Read More ›
AMERICA NOT AT WAR WITH ISLAM BUT WITH TERROR AND EXTREMISM
ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE February 19, 2015 The West is at war with terror not Islam. To think otherwise is misguided as true Muslims worldwide are denouncing ISIS and Al Qaeda, calling both and other extremist groups, terrorist organizations with the… Read More ›
PARDON ALL BUSH-ERA TORTURERS
BY ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE December 10, 2014 In a mind-blowing report detailing the CIA’ interrogation techniques, Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Dianne Feinstein D- California, described the horrifying method used by the CIA to draw information from detainees held… Read More ›
CAN THE ISIS SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT BE RECONCILED?
BY ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE October 1, 2014 Ongoing efforts by the U.S. led coalition to degrade ISIS has led to the emergence of different schools of thought on the best approach to dealing with the Islāmic State. There is the… Read More ›
NOT AMERICA’S WAR ALONE: LEGITIMACY AND COMPELLING INTEREST TO PURSUE ISIS IN SYRIA
BY ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE September 23, 2014 United States with coalition of interested nations has begun airstrikes in Syria. Unlike America’s previous war in Iraq, the coalition that attacked ISIS in Syria overnight “makes it clear to the world this is… Read More ›
SHATTERED DIPLOMACY: RAMIFICATIONS OF U.S. SANCTIONS ON RUSSIAN TARGETS
BY ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE March 18, 2014 As authorized by the executive order signed by President Obama, the U.S. government imposed sanctions on Russian officials and entities, considered responsible for providing material support that led to cessation of Crimea from Ukraine…. Read More ›
ATTACK ON SYRIA: A WAR OF IDEOLOGY AND PRINCIPLE
BY ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE September 6, 2013 As U.S. Congress deliberate a possible strike on Syria, the question remains what effect if any, a strike on the Assad regime would have on the Syrian conflict? The Obama administration has said… Read More ›
REVEALED, WHY ASSAD IS ABLE TO HOLD ONTO POWER
BY ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE It took fewer lives to topple the regime in Tunisia. The same could be said of Gaddafi’s Libya and Egypt where the Arab uprising and rebel oppositions, helped end dictatorial rules. For those nations, it was a… Read More ›
THE FATE OF ABU MAZEN, ISRAEL-HAMAS PEACE WILL MAKE THE PA POWERLESS
BY ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE As Hamas continues to claim its vague “victory” over the brief war with Israel, there is a sense of pride among Palestinians that Hamas’s choice of violence over peaceful negotiation worked to the advantage of Palestinians not… Read More ›
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