Posted on 10/21/2014 9:35:01 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
Spengler (David Goldman) observes that the Muslim world is experiencing a “social unraveling on a scale not seen in the region since the Mongol invasion”. It’s at 18 million refugees and counting. “There are millions of young men in the Muslim world sitting in refugee camps with nothing to do, nowhere to go back to, and nothing to look forward to. And there are tens of millions more watching their misery with outrage. Never has an extremist movement had so many frustrated and footloose young men in its prospective recruitment pool.”
Actually it’s worse than that. Spengler’s table omits Mali, Nigeria and Africa in general. Most of the fighting is Green on Green, as the saying goes.
To get a daily overview of this as yet unnamed war the best source is the Long War Journal. In the LWJ universe the players are not Chelsea Clinton and Lena Dunham. They are the Haqqanis, the Basij, al Nusrah, ISIS, al-Qaeda, Boko Haram, Badr, AQAP, the Houthis, AQIS, Hezbollah, Hamas and many, many more. It’s like a parallel reality that has everything but a name. What will it be?
One reason why it may lack a name is because the administration is still looking for a side. You can sympathize with John Kerry as ABC News writes “US Still Searching for Credible Allies in Syria”. “Despite years of diplomacy and a CIA operation to vet and train moderate rebels, the U.S. finds itself without a credible partner on the ground in Syria as it bombs the Islamic State group. That’s a potentially serious flaw in its strategy to ultimately defeat the militants.”
Fighters, fighters everywhere, and not a one to trust.
“And that includes the one just south of Kenosha on election day!”
LOL! Sniper Towers and Concertina Wire, at a MINIMUM! :)
If it can be said that there is a "side" in all of Syria with which the US should align itself --and that is a monumental "IF"-- then the hapless, evil bastards associated with what some still refer to as "this administration" will pick the other side, just as surely as day follows night.
Ooooohh.
You got me, their. I kind of like algebra
May I consider it the exception that proves the rule?
“and not a one that thinks”
“You can sympathize with John Kerry...”
um. no.... no I cannot
Where have you been since November 4, 2008? Since that date, our Government has been on the enemy’s side.
yes, so I’ve noticed
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