I will take a rest today…..but I want to leave my readers with a lottle something………………….
Yes contrary to popular Chuq does listen to music……he has not yet jumped on the modern day definition of the term….he prefers classics….I have included a few of my play list that keeps me comfortable in my days of research and ranting……enjoy.
Hope everyone enjoyed the musical interlude…..on to the weekend………chuq
With the wealth of cops shooting unarmed black kids and the run to support the cops that do the shooting….I would ask …”what the f*ck is going on in this country?”
Maybe this article can help you understand the confusion you may be having over this issue.
Good day and thanx for the visit….the updates will be coming less frequent as the war slows down to a crawl…….strategies will need to be revised……
The reports are all about the fight for the Syrian town of Korbane….this will become the standard by which this ‘war’ is judged……and so far the judgement is not too good.
Item 1–Turkey is reluctant to go into Syria to help the town of Korbane….this is because they do not want to…..they want ISIS and Kurds to do as much damage to each other as possible before they step in.
Item 2–The strategy so far has been a dud….with all the ordinance that has been used has done little to slow ISIS……
Large portions of the key Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani fell today, and much of the Iraqi Anbar Province has fallen as well. Months of US air war hasn’t stalled ISIS’ gains even a little.
That’s fueled growing doubts about the US strategy against ISIS, to the extent that there even is a strategy. The losses are palpable, and that’s got the hawks pushing for even further escalation.
Item 3–Turkey’s strategy so far will make more enemies than less…..the Kurds have been fighting Turkey for 30 years and now with the problem in Korbane things can lonely get worse……
If Kobani falls to the fighters of Isis there will be a surge of violence across Turkey. The 15 million Turkish Kurds will blame the Turkish government for enabling Isis to capture the Kurdish enclave by denying its defenders reinforcements, weapons and ammunition.
The faltering peace process between the Turkish Kurd militants and Ankara may finally collapse. A Kurdish politician was quoted as saying that “you can’t expect to break the backs of the Kurds in Syria and win their hearts in Turkey”.
Item 4–The big player in the Middle East, Iran has said out right………
Iran’s Foreign Ministry says Tehran is ready to take practical measures in dealing with the ongoing chaotic situation in the northern Syrian city of Kobani if it receives an official request from Damascus.
“Kobani is a part of Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and if this government makes a request and asks for any assistance, we are ready to help,” Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham said at a press briefing on Wednesday.
A double edge sword….Iran is capable of helping against ISIS but they also are Syria’s biggest ally….what to do….what to do?
Item 5–Let’s say the city of Korbane falls to ISIS…..how will that influence the startegy we have now?
The advance of Islamic State rebels on the Syrian border town of Kobani is a tragedy but will not deter the United States and its allies from their long-term strategy in the region, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday.
“Kobani is a tragedy because it represents the evil of ISIS but it is not the definition either of the strategy or the full measure of what is happening with response to ISIS,” Kerry told reporters in Boston, using an acronym for Islamic State rebels.
NO? Then what will it take to change the thinking? Most of Northern Syria and most of Anbar in Iraq is about to become a client state of ISIS…..what has to happen to make a change?
That concludes today’s briefing. Future briefings will be issued as needed. The war is bogging down for now and the news coming out is pretty redundant.
Thanx for your time and attention.
Turn the page!
First, if it is on FOX……YAWN!
As usual when there is a crisis in the world the morons at FOX News uses it to say that it is all because of the border conditions of the US…….recently one of the Tea Party d/bags had his epiphany about the crossing of ISIS fighters into the US via Mexico…….
First it was Rep, Hunter that said ….his sources in DHS have told him that 10 maybe more ISIS fighters were arrested on the border with Mexico….of course like most of the news coming out of FOX it is a LIE!
Representative Duncan Hunter, a California Republican, told Fox News that “at least 10 ISIS fighters have been caught coming across the Mexican border in Texas.”
A second Republican, Representative Tom Cotton, a Senate candidate in Arkansas, said last month that the Islamic State was collaborating with Mexican drug cartels.
Then Utah’s Chaffetz…..added to the lie…..he said it was four ISIS fighters apprehended at the border….of course……..on FOX……….and then there was the rebuttal…….
U.S. intelligence and national security officials said that U.S. agencies had no evidence that anyone connected with the Islamic State or other jihadist groups fighting in Iraq or Syria have tried to cross into the United States from Mexico.
Here I need to say that he, Chaffetz, was right! Don’t panic! there were four fighters intercepted at the border but they were Kurds…in other words anti-ISIS fighters……..
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said four members of a Kurdish group that opposes Islamic State were arrested last month trying to enter the United States illegally from Mexico.
He said investigators had determined the four were members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, known as the PKK.
Okay we arrested 4 anti-ISIS fighters at the border……they WERE NOT the bad guys!
But then after thinking about it…..a question popped into my mind…….why were these anti-ISIS fighters trying to sneak into the US? Were they deserters fleeing the fight? What was their purpose entering the US?
FOX and its pundits were lying….we all got that…..but why were these supposed allies trying to sneak into this country? What was their mission?
If anyone has a good explanation…..then by all means ….LET IT FLY!
Turn the page!
Finally, the Nobel dudes have come to their senses……….From the AP……
OSLO, Norway (AP) — Children’s rights activists Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi of India were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize Friday.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee cited the two “for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.”
Yousafzai, now 17, is a schoolgirl and education campaigner in Pakistan who was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman two years ago.
Satyarthi, 60, has maintained the tradition of Mahatma Gandhi and headed various forms of peaceful protests, “focusing on the grave exploitation of children for financial gain,” the Nobel committee said.
The Nobel Committee said it “regards it as an important point for a Hindu and a Muslim, an Indian and a Pakistani, to join in a common struggle for education and against extremism.”
Congrats! Prize is well deserved!
An interesting question….and this piece is a good answer for what it would mean……
At times a good “what if” is always an interesting fodder…..read it and enjoy.