Elizabeth O'Bagy changes her mind: she has decided to not answer my questions

So Ms. O'Bagy sent me this response to my eleven questions that I submitted to her (which she had agreed to answer when I proposed the idea to her).

"Dear As'ad,

I was under the impression that you would be asking me serious questions about Syria and the current debate on US action/intervention. I was looking forward to engaging with you in a meaningful discussion and debate on issues that are pertinent to the crisis in Syria, and exchanging ideas on both a political and academic level. To that end, I'm more than happy to answer questions about the dynamics in Syria, about my research on Syria and what exactly it entails, or about my opinions on US action and how I came to derive those opinions. 

That being said, I cannot comment on Senator McCain or ISW, or conflicts/topics outside of my focus area. There is a real crisis going on in Syria right now. Rather than simply have me answer "gotcha" questions,  I would hope that someone like you would want to engage in a meaningful dialogue that contributes to the debate. I know of your work and have largely respected your attempts to challenge people to look at new perspectives. I look forward to a worthwhile exchange with you in the future. "  

Here are the questions that I posed to Ms. O'Bagy, which she refused to answer (don't mind my errors and typos as you are accustomed to them if you are a regular reader):

" 1) should not you be working on your PhD dissertation?

2) Do you consider the Institute for the Study of War an academic institute or a political lobbying group as was envisioned by its founder?

3) Why do you disagree with the label that you are a paid lobbyist for the Free Syrian Army?

4) Have you known about war crimes—not by “rebels” in general but by the Free Syrian Army? Are you aware that Free Syrian Army men were behind the sectarian kidnappings of Lebanese pilgrims, for example?  Have you met Abu Ibrahim?

5) So are you eager for war, and why?

6) Elizabeth: I first heard about you from a Syrian (living in Syria) who opposes the regime but who strongly objected to your work with the Free Syrian Army.  How would you feel if a foreign national came to the US and advocated that a foreign country invades and attacks the US?

7) Do you feel that Syrians should settle the conflict on their own or do you support the right of the regime to rely on Iran, Russia and Hizbullah, while the rebels rely on US, France, Israel, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Turkey, Qatar, etc?

8) You seemed happy that John McCain cited you: do you really think that McCain cares about the Syrian people and that his motives are purely for the benefit of the Syrian people?

9) You say that you were doing “research” in Syria, what kind of research?

10) Is your work in Syria political or academic?

11) what do you think about the Golan heights and do you support the right of Syrians to resort to armed struggle to liberate them from Israeli occupation?

Please: copy and paste the question and then follow with the answer so I can just copy and paste on the blog as is."