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Dennis P. Halpin
Dennis P. Halpin, a former Foreign Service Officer and senior Congressional staff, is a consultant on Asian issues.
Views expressed in Opinion articles are exclusively the authors’ own and do not represent those of NK News.
Photographic images of the aerial bombardment of Kurdish civilians – including women, children, the elderly and the disabled – in northern Syria this week raised fundamental questions about the commitment of the United States to its long-term allies.