Good day my fellow bloggers……
Item 1–The BIG news coming out about the use of force against ISIS……..
To the extent that anyone still believes President Obama’s pledge that the ever-growing number of ground troops sent to Iraq, the notion was destroyed by comments from Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Martin Dempsey in testimony to Congress.
Gen. Dempsey confirmed that the US is “actively considering” the use of ground troops in direct combat roles against ISIS, in the course of its plans to send yet more troops on top of the 3,000 already there.
If anyone finds this statement a surprise…..may I suggest that you bookmark this site and you will NO longer be surprised…..
Item 2–The battle for Congressional supremacy over this conflict is beginning……
House Armed Services Chief Rep. Buck McKeon (R – CA) today warned that he will block any attempt to pass an authorization for the new ISIS war that includes any restriction on the use of US ground troops.
McKeon cited comments from former Pentagon chiefs saying the new war needed “boots on the ground,” and insisted any bill that aimed to limit that would be dead on arrival in his committee.
Now that the neocons control Congress it is NO longer “if” Americans will return to combat but rather “when”……
Item 3–After days of speculation on whether al-Baghdadi is injured or worse is over……
After a few days of speculation about an attempted US airstrike against him, ISIS leader Caliph Abu Bakr al-Bagdadi has emerged with a new audio recording which appears to have shown he survives.
The audio recording wasn’t specifically dated, though Baghdadi did make mentions to events that took place after the US airstrike
Item 4–It is now official….the Coalition has a new target other than ISIS…….
Details of the pact are still unclear, but the Associated Press is reporting that a deal has been signed between ISIS and al-Qaeda’s Jabhat al-Nusra somewhere in northern Syria.
The deal, signed last week, at the very least has the two factions, the largest in the Syrian rebellion, agreeing not to fight against one another, and to work together to some length against their mutual enemies, which is to say both the US and Syrian governments.
It is confirmed and the enemies are multiplying…..things will get more complicated…..
Item 5–The leader of ISIS has called on the jihad to target Saudi Arabia………
Baghdadi urged supporters in Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil exporter, to take the fight to the rulers of the kingdom, which has joined the US.-led coalition in mounting air strikes against the Islamic State group in Syria.
If his followers do as told….the Middle East will become a lot more chaotic than it is now……
That concludes today’s briefing…..next one will be on Monday….
Thanx for your time and attention……
Turn The Page!
Yes – that exhortation to attack Saudi has slipped by almost unnoticed – but should they attempt that – then finally, that will be the ball game. I image that the house of Saudi will come back at them like an iron fist.
The Saudis are cowards….they will get someone else to fight their fights….most likely the US or/and UK….
It won’t be the UK, there’s no political consensus. An election coming up in 6 months, there will be another coalition, no one wants the toxic legacy that Blair has hanging on his page in history. The US/UK have sold enough military hardware to the Saudis to last a century – it’s time they started using it.
Bill, I will agree but they are worried about how they will keep control of the Holy Sites if they start killing fellow Muslims….
Interesting stuff. And it makes total sense that Jabhat al Nusra and ISIS would make some kind of agreement.
By the way, you know the recent beheading?
This blog has the video: http://leaksource.info/
It’s a wordpress blog. I don’t know where they find those ISIS videos. The seem to be hard to find.
You have to plug in a birthday, because they are graphic….
Sad that this PR campaign is working…..ISIS and Nusra could make things a lot more messy than they are now…..