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Trump's Syria Strike Is a Good Start
The Chemical Genie and Principled Minimalism

April 30, 2018  •  The Weekly Standard

It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words. In the White House, apparently, it is worth 105 missiles if it shows the suffering of women and children from a lethal combination of sarin and chlorine gas. President Donald Trump's response, obliterating three chemical-weapons-related facilities in Syria, demonstrated that the United States will not stand idly by when certain chemical weapons (CW) are used against civilians. Coaxing the chemical genie back into the bottle was the right decision even if it came some five-and-a-half years after President Barack Obama declared "a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized" in Syria would constitute a red line.

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What the U.S. Got Right - and Wrong - in the Strike on Syria

April 16, 2018  •  Crossroads with David Shuster and Shayna Estulin / i24News

Matthew RJ Brodsky joins David Shuster and Shayna Estulin on i24News "Crossroads" to discuss what the U.S. got right and wrong in its strike on Syria.

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What Happens the Day After We Exit Syria?

April 6, 2018  •  The John Batchelor Show

What happens if the U.S. pulls out Syria? Matthew RJ Brodsky joins The John Batchelor Show to discuss what would happen if the U.S. left Syria too early, how it would benefit the Axis of Resistance, and why the U.S. should update its mission. They also discuss the meeting in Ankara between Turkey, Russia, and Iran and what plans they may have in store.

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Palestinians Prefer Mythology Over Peace

April 6, 2018  •  The Federalist

Large portions of the Palestinian narrative are constructed on a web of fiction and fallacies designed precisely to prevent any compromise and to avoid saying "yes" to a negotiated settlement of the conflict. It is as toxic to peace as the tires they're burning in Gaza.

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Why Leaving Syria Early Would Be a Disaster
If we are to protect America's interests and those of our Middle Eastern allies, we can't cede the region to Iranian proxies.

April 4, 2018  •  National Review

Degrading Iran's position, whether in terms of its nuclear plans or its effort to become a regional hegemon, should be America's top priority in the Middle East. In Syria, that means denying Iran the ability to convert its areas of strategic depth into zones of control. America's efforts should focus on preventing Tehran from strengthening Hezbollah and the rest of its terrorist proxies, limiting the expansion of its military-industrial complex with the creation of new missile-manufacturing facilities in Syria and Lebanon, and denying Iran the opportunity to conduct nuclear-related weaponization experiments far from the prying eyes of the IAEA.

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