Boston is not the biggest city in America; it is not the most politically powerful. But it has an inner determination and power that only the foolish ignore.

After taking in last week’s ruminations about the somber anniversary, a few things stand out about the war and its lessons for the future.

After two years of civil war and more than 40,000 deaths, fears are growing in the West that Syria will unleash chemical weapons in a last-ditch act of desperation.

A recently declassified CIA report sheds new light on the misjudgments that led to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Most startling, says international security expert Jim Walsh, are the eerie similarities to the current situation in Iran.

Jim Walsh says it is time to pay attention to what’s happening Syria, very close attention.