NBC News has posted a video on the status of Syria’s children in the now 4-year old war. It is a deeply sad and moving video that belies all the nice words of the international community about humanitarian intervention. I am not sure what kind of politics permits or justifies this atrocity.
Senator Feinstein of California has accused the CIA of hacking into the Senate Intelligence Committee’s computers. If true, the accusations suggest an intelligence community that is essentially out of control. Feinstein believes that the CIA was looking for documents that prove that the agency committed acts of torture while waging the global war on terror. The idea that one branch of the government would commit illegal acts against another branch of government is incredible, and symptomatic of a government that is definitely not working properly.
The political situation in Turkey has erupted in violence again, as a young protester has died from injuries suffered in an earlier demonstration. Corruption charges have swirled around Prime Minister Erdogan, but there is also a deeper fear that Erdogan has moved the country in an authoritarian direction. The economic situation has worsened as the government seems incapable of addressing these larger concerns.
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