[sheikdetailfeather]

This is a very informative article on the many dynamics involved with Trump's strategy in Syria.

[Salamander]

This was an epic article that speaks the brutal truth of what we face.

Also, I would suggest everyone here get themselves a big, nasty black dog to watch over you.

:)

[Alberta's Child]

It might be the best article ever written, but I won't even waste my time clicking on it when it has blatantly false information in the first line:

The assassination of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ...

How was this an "assassination" by any objective measure? Every report I've read says he blew himself (and three of his children) up with a suicide vest.

[Rocko Jack]

Most informative

[faucetman]

I have one question....

Was/is it 3D, 4D, or 5D chess?

Trump is a genius! Trump has become a political genius as well!

WINNING, WINNING, WINNING and ... Jeffrey Epstein didn’t kill himself.

[gandalftb]

The four most powerful dynamics in the Middle east are:

1. Tribal loyalism and its inherent conflict with others.

2. The constant outbreaks of the Islamic Civil War driven by Salafism and its perversions.

3. The historic and permanent rivalry between Sunni and Shia.

4. The hatred to the death of Israels Jews.

Any strategy we have for dealing with the Middle East has to start and be centered on those four points.

We Americans have all the oil and gas we need long term, could use a few more refineries.

We Americans, because we are energy independent need to wean ourselves off of protecting ME oil for the rest of the world.

Sorry Japan, China, India, France, and others, you need to fight your own fight.

We are no longer for hire, can’t sell it at election time.