[Lorianne]

Pay particular attention to the last minute or so of the podcast.

[Lorianne]

Obama administration debates the wisdom of rushing to retake Raqqa

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/anti-islamic-state-forces-are-rushing-to-retake-raqqa-that-could-be-a-mistake/2016/10/16/b7158068-922f-11e6-a6a3-d50061aa9fae_story.html?utm_term=.8bf10fe4f73b

[LouieFisk]

Wagging the dog?

[Boogieman]

“You’ve got to work with what you’ve got.”

Translation: we are going to take Raqqa from ISIS and give it to a different group of terrorists.

[lurk]

Meet the new beheaders. Kinder and gentler than the other beheaders.