Then tell us why Alleppo matters at all? the Syrian government bombs rebels there. The media gives us sad sad stories about people who are making dirt stew and why mean ol’ Assad should stop bombing the rebels as they study Jefferson and Madison.
Beyond that, Applepopo just doesn’t matter at all, tactically, politically, or anything.
I agree that it doesn’t matter - tactically or strategically. It does matter somewhat in politics, because the media is reporting all of these rather hideous stories about what’s happening their. This is like a pol from the late 1960s not knowing anything about Biafra. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biafra