Published on by Gary Grappo
Published first at Fair Observer on September 13, 2018
The Tehran summit may eventually bring about an end to the fighting as we’ve known it, but not the peace desired by the people of Syria. Last week’s gathering in Tehran of the presidents of Russia, Iran and Turkey produced predictable happy talk, but offered little hope for Syrians now deep into their devastating seven-year […]
Published on by Gary Grappo
Published first at Fair Observer on August 2, 2018
Since when has a religious security alliance ever achieved peace and understanding in this or any other part of the world? The Trump administration has resurrected the notion of forming an “Arab NATO,” the principal missions of which would be to confront a resurgent Iran and to relieve the US of the region’s immense security […]
Published on by Gary Grappo
Published first at Fair Observer on July 17, 2018
America’s interests — not to mention image — took a major hit in Helsinki during the meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Last month at the G7 summit in Quebec, Canada, and last week at the NATO Summit in Brussels and during his UK visit, US President Donald Trump went […]
Published on by Gary Grappo
Published first at Fair Observer on July 12, 2018
How else can one describe President Trump’s constant and pointless tirade against the Western world’s most successful and effective alliance? Former US Ambassador Gary Grappo explains. It’s not a headline anyone would ever have expected. Established to protect the recovering nations of Western Europe from a menacing Soviet Union, the now 29-member NATO has been […]
Published on by Gary Grappo
Published first at Fair Observer on June 13, 2018
The American president hasn’t just turned his back on and disparaged his country’s strongest allies — he embraced one of its worst sworn enemies. Legend has it that in 1781, at the formal surrender ceremony following George Washington and the American revolutionaries’ decisive defeat of the British Army under Lord General Charles Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia, […]