The fall of our discontent
On this anniversary of the attacks that leveled the Twin Towers in New York and part of the Pentagon a dozen years ago, a long, hot and wet summer in Washington, D.C. risks metastasizing into a Fall of Discontent. Syria is the most incandescent and looming issue underscored by President Barack Obama’s speech last night. But Afghanistan, Libya, Iraq and other ticking time bombs have not been defused. And world economies remain fragile and emerging markets in flux. Any strike against Syria has the potential to ignite broader regional conflict. Oil prices would be affected in the extreme with obvious economic consequences that will extend to China and the Pacific. [...]
