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Donald Trump is learning that it's a lot easier to criticize the commander-in-chief than to be the commander-in-chief. Politico Trump’s Syria identity crisis? Michael Crowley And Bryan Bender

Bolton spoke with his Israeli counterpart, Meir Ben Shabbat, to coordinate the U.S.-led attack on Syria early Saturday morning. HAARETZTrump Adviser Bolton Coordinated U.S.-led Strike in Syria With Israel Noa Landau

It begins. In 2017, the head of the Central Bank, Elvira Nabiullina, said at a meeting with President Vladimir Putin that Russia is ready for disconnection from SWIFT. RTStrategic Russian firm dumps SWIFT in favor of domestic bank transfer alternative

The number of countries involved in festering Middle East conflicts most closely resembles the situation before World War I. That's frightening.... Bloomberg View Syria War's Game Theory Is Too Complex to Predict Tyler Cowen | Holbert C. Harris Chair of Economics at George Mason University and chairman and general director of the Mercatus Center

The divergence of neoclassical economics from classical ideas does not have to do with mathematical formalism. It occurs when Walras and Pareto introduced us to homoeconomicus, a human being who springs fully formed into the world at the age of 18 with a complete understanding of his preferences over every conceivable outcome in his extensive choice set. That step enabled us to understand why markets are better ways of organizing economic activity than any other known form of social...

Best summary to date that I have seen. Detailed. Moon of AlabamaF.U.K.U.S. Strikes Syria - Who Won? bThe US version.BloombergWarship Ruse and New Stealth Missiles: How the U.S. and Allies Attacked Syria  Toluse Olorunnipa, Jennifer Jacobs, and Anthony CapaccioSee alsoUne parole franche The Morning After…Gilbert Doctorow | European Coordinator of The American Committee for East West Accord Ltd.

As I explainedearlier this week, under the Royal Prerogative, the Prime Minister can approve any military action without a prior parliamentary vote or debate (as David Cameron did in Libya in 2011). On matters of war, Britain’s parliament is one of the weakest in the democratic world. But May’s decision is immensely politically contentious. Labour, the SNP, the Liberal Democrats and some Tory MPs are furious that she failed to consult parliament. Only 22 per cent of the British public,...

ROFLMAO.The Week The Pentagon says there's been a 2,000 percent increase in Russian trolls since the Syria strikes

International bodies are scrambling to meet in the wake of the US-led strike against Syria, which was conducted without a UN mandate, just hours before the OPCW was to begin its on-site inquiry into the Douma gas attack. US President Donald Trump's decision to rain missiles down on Damascus in the early hours of Saturday, along with the UK and France, was not sanctioned by the United Nations, and bypassed an on-the-ground fact-finding mission into the alleged April 7 gas attack in Eastern...

Completely different from the Western version. Someone is lying. Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the Russian General Staff Colonel General Sergei Rudskoy holds briefing for mass media