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Apologies if this was already posted, but I don't have the time to ready every post on this sight. The following is for consideration, while logical, at the same time it is illogical.

Moscow in...

Posted by Outlaw



This seems to be the heart of the issue, the international order has changed almost overnight, and no one, to include our adversaries understands the current strategic...

Incompatible visions are why we have wars. I'm sure we'll naively approach this at first and propose a political agreement where there can be done when their visions are incompatible. One or both...

Outlaw, every good lie or propaganda is mixed with truth, and it does seem Russia's claim of Turkey's support for ISIL has some legitimacy. What a crazy world, Assad allegedly supports ISIL, Turkey...

and now,

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/russia-plays-down-idea-of-coalition-with-west-to-strike-isis-in-syria/2015/11/27/1ea21c42-950f-11e5-b5e4-279b4501e8a6_story.html


Russia plays...

The Latest: Putin: Russia to cooperate with US-led coalition: http://bigstory.ap.org/ce71e672811c41d8b36840ca742b858c&utm_source=android_app&utm_medium=mail&utm_campaign=share

If Turkey is leveraging the Turkman population for UW, like they did in Iraq when we invaded it is understandable that the regime would target this population. I'm in no way justifying ethnic...

Yet he did just that.

As for being a sincere libertarian, I'm not buying it. Libertarians don't run to China and Russia to fight for Libertarian values.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/former-cia-official-crystal-clear-obamas-isis-strategy-not-working/

Former CIA official: Obama's ISIS strategy has failed



Meaning the Islamic State

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/10/04/world/middleeast/ap-ml-syria.html?_r=0

Syria President: Russia Campaign Must Succeed

In an interview with Assad, he said,



He also noted all the...

In broad agreement with your argument Bob, but



this comment is a little over the top. We should be concerned with what we want, we commit our national treasure to pursue national interests. ...

JWing wrote,



Perhaps, but I have a hard time believing they will accept anyone but Assad. What if it is another Iranian proxy? Is that really in Turkey's interest? The outdated clich that all...

Joel,

When I read your blog posts I generally feel I'm getting the Paul Harvey "the rest of the story" that is lacking in mainstream media.

You wrote,

I don't want to come across as...

For all of you who claim the U.S. does not have strategy to defeat ISIL and bring stability to the Middle East read this:
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http://www.stripes.com/news/middle-east/despite-bombing-islamic-state-is-no-weaker-than-a-year-ago-1.360651

Despite bombing, Islamic State is no weaker than a year ago





The following...

http://www.stripes.com/news/middle-east/capture-of-us-backed-syria-rebel-leader-a-setback-in-islamic-state-fight-1.360551

Capture of US-backed Syria rebel leader a setback in Islamic State fight

From the SWJ News roundup this morning.
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This shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone. The moderate Syrians that we're training are threatening to quit if they're not allowed to fight Assad. Since Assad has killed tens of thousands of...

Why should R2P put to bed ASAP? I understand the feasibility issue if we try to address underlying issues. In most cases we can't, but I believe we can establish safe zones, as demonstrated in...

In Syria, Darkness Takes On New Meaning After Four Years of War
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