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A Turkish war of America’s making. The US is offering the country, and the region, only incoherence and more empty promises.
As Turkey intensifies its military campaign against Syrian Kurdish fighters, it is tempting to blame the violence on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s strident jingoism and xenophobia.
2. Saudi Arabia’s ‘reforms’ will fizzle.
Saudi Arabia will continue to make reforms under the direction of Crown Prince Muhammed bin Salman, but those reforms will be purely cosmetic.
Although the crown prince has been portrayed as a reformer, it is important to remember that Bashar al-Assad, the president of Syria, once played that role as well.
3. The caliphate will be gone, but not the Islamic State.
If 2014 was the year in which IS seemed unstoppable, 2015 was the year the IS caliphate began to slide into oblivion.
The caliphate also lost all the major towns it had taken. The caliphate is finished. But what about IS, the movement?
4. Trump’s ‘ultimate deal?’ Gone for now.
When the U.S. recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, it put another nail – quite possibly the final nail – into the coffin of the Oslo agreements, which set the parameters for negotiating a two-state solution.
5. Yemen will sink further into the abyss.
Down the road, the most important underreported crisis in the Middle East is the war in Yemen, which Saudi Arabia, with American support, is waging against an indigenous uprising. There is no end in sight.
So Turkey targets women and children, killing hundreds of civilians, but......
Damn Americans.
Strategist saysSo Turkey targets women and children, killing hundreds of civilians, but......
Damn Americans.
"Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered In US War And Occupation Of Iraq "1,455,590"
"Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In U.S. War And Occupation Of Iraq 4,801"
We don't need "rapist & murderers" immigrants in America.
We have lying Republicans.
Strategist saysOfcourse it's America's fault. It always is.
Goldman (Spengler) is the author of the second "related" article. He's about as pro Trump/America as anyone I follow.
What is being called out is the lack of or the misdirected and inept policy(s) in the region and with Turkey on the part of the administration.
an Israeli government secure in the embrace of the United States lacks incentive to concede anything.
You mean there is coherent well thought out policy going forward concerning Turkey, Syria etc. ?
Saudi Arabia is reforming, something we were told be apologists was coming soon, but now that it's here, many of the same Handwavers are like "It's not real."
TwoScoopsPlissken saysSaudi Arabia is reforming, something we were told be apologists was coming soon, but now that it's here, many of the same Handwavers are like "It's not real."
Lots of humor here. The prince arrested everyone that controlled any organization that could oppose him. Tortured their underlings (some to death) to make his point. Then shook them down for serious lucre which he put in his pocket. Now they are released. ROFLOL.
I missed the news about how many radical Imans across the world fully funded by SA have been arrested and their mosque shut down. Or how many madras terrorism training academies fully funded by SA have been shut down. Or how funds flowing out of SA like water to terrorist groups has been cut off. Not a cent moves in or out of SA that the government isn't fully monitoring.
This is reform? So what does not reform look like?
anon_713cd saysCould some of you "highly educated enlightened ones" let us uneducated average americans know why we are supposed to care if middle easterners are killing themselves.
Their killing frenzy is spreading across the globe.
In the old days their killing frenzy was restricted by how far they could walk, now it's restricted by how far they can fly.
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