Cem Ryan
James (Cem) Ryan is a writer living in Istanbul, Turkey. A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, he holds a Ph.D. in literature. His historical novel, Natural Affinities, about New York City during World War I, was published in 2004 by (www.trafford.com/robots/03-1783.html).
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AMERICA’S WAR WHORES’ REWARD: EARTHLY AND DIVINE
The Commander of the VI Division Reported: Novograd-Volynsk was taken at dawn today. The Staff had left Krapivno, and our baggage train was spread out in a […]
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AMERICA’S WAR-HORSE HARLOTS : ALLAH’S BOYS
in Cem RyanAUTHOR: James Ryan was born and raised in New York City. A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, he holds advanced degrees […]
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“ADİL” MEANS “JUST” IN ARABIC
My wife’s uncle, Adil, was shot and killed in cold blood in a Damascus street. He had no blackmail money. He was poor. So he was shot. He was shot by killers financed and organized by the USA and Turkey, in particular by Barack Obama and Turkey’s prime minister and prime collaborator, and their equally…
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CRAZED FROM THE CRADLE: The Weird Roots of American Imperialism (by Cem Ryan)
American imperialism has made the world its own toy. But the roots from which this grew are weird indeed. It all began with the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Therein America declared its first war on terrorism.
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AMERICA’S WAR-HORSE HARLOTS (by Cem Ryan)
According to experts if you really, really want to get rid of a neighbor—“bump off” is the professional term—call the mafia. But if you’re a down-at-the-heels fast fading super power, broke and bewildered, and need to continue the Arab Spring fairy tale about having the Arabs choose America-friendly democracies that sprout like orange groves throughout…
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AS HE LAY DYING by Cem Ryan
in Cem RyanAs he lay dying in those autumn afternoons of 1938, Atatürk had one abiding desire. He longed for those distant days on horseback, just one more afternoon riding in the hills above the Bosphorus. He would go again with his military academy classmate, Ali Fuat, to the sultan’s hunting lodge in Alemdağ. They would once…