[mairdie]

Another great analysis

https://www.israpundit.org/al-baghdadi-and-trumps-syrian-chess-board/?utm_source=phplist4413&utm_medium=email&utm_content=HTML&utm_campaign=ISRAPUNDIT+DAILY+DIGEST+NOV+2%2F19

Al-Baghdadi and Trump’s Syrian chess board

Trump is not flying blind in Syria. He is implementing a multifaceted set of policies that are based on the strengths, weaknesses and priorities of the various actors.

by Caroline B. Glick, ISRAEL HAYOM

FTA:
...
Al-Baghdadi’s assassination, and Trump’s discussion of the mass murderer’s death, showed that Trump has not merely maintained faith with the fight against ISIS and its allied jihadist groups. He has fundamentally changed the US’s counterterror fighting doctrine, particularly as it relates to psychological warfare against jihadists.
...
The basic line of the Bush administration’s public diplomacy
campaign was to embrace the mantra that Islam is peace, and assert that the US loves Islam because the US seeks peace.
...
Obama took Bush’s rhetoric of appeasement and turned it into
America’s actual policy.
...
Trump’s constant use of the term “dog” and employment of
canine imagery is highly significant. Dogs are considered “unclean” in Islam. In Islamic societies, “dog” is the worst name you can call a person.

[little jeremiah]

That is a great article.

[nclaurel]

Love your Tom Petty/Trump video!

[Cats Pajamas]

https://twitter.com/hashtag/WaPoDeathNotices?src=hashtag_click

If you want a laugh have a look at some of the WaPo death notices.

Some hilarious mocking going on over on twitter by tweeters after WaPo’s descriptive change in Bagdaddi’s obit.

[thingumbob]

Trump’s constant use of the term “dog” and employment of canine imagery is highly significant. Dogs are considered “unclean” in Islam. In Islamic societies, “dog” is the worst name you can call a person.

That and hitting one of them with the bottom of your shoe.....