by Peter Francis Deck November 2023. A large part of my life was spent in the Middle East, over 11 years including Turkey and Iraq. I wrote the below essay as…
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No luck for Mustapha
by Peter Francis Deck In February 2020, just before Covid made it difficult to travel, I was in Eastern Turkey visiting UN friends working in the region with Syrian refugees.…
Related thoughts
by Peter Francis Deck The Kremlin’s attack on Ukraine is incomprehensible and makes my mind reel with the thought that this war could develop into a threat to all humanity;…
The Darien Gap
by Peter Francis Deck That swampy jungle between Central and South America never had a road built through it, mainly determined from US policy to stem the flow of people,…
Leaving Afghanistan
by Peter Francis Deck The USA out of Afghanistan: What does this country stand for? It is not an easy place. After one year in Afghanistan, I was happy to…
Liberia
by Peter Francis Deck Thank you, Thank you It’s hot as hell here and it reminds me of working in Liberia trying to escape the heat. But there it was…
Srebrenica massacre
by Peter Francis Deck Srebrenica massacre History is how you remember it. A day that repeats in my mind while in Bosnia was the day of the Srebrenica massacre that…
Why do people support Trump?
by Peter Francis Deck Why do people support Trump? He has used his power over media and politics for his personal benefit and not to the benefit of the country.…
Peter Francis Deck
was born in Greenwich, Connecticut.