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Am in Xian, China at Silk Road Film Festival for 3 days—the ancient capital and crossroads of the much-traveled Silk Road (camels, Marco Polo, and legions of enterprising traders)—now once again returning to prominence in new China-Russia-Eurasia world order. In that vein, here are two new pieces by Silk Road enthusiast Pepe Escobar on the absurdity of ‘Syrak.’ Last week at US colleges, students repeatedly asked me, ‘doesn’t the US have a ‘humanitarian’ obligation to bomb ISIS?’ Here, in a nutshell, is an answer to that. “A Caliph in a wilderness of mirrors”- bit.ly/1pFyFOh “Turks, Kurds, Americans: the Kobani riddle” - bit.ly/1tnH7qr
Posted on: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 13:00:01 +0000

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