I’m baaaaaaaaaaaack! Sorry for the dereliction of duty but I have been busy at the hospital my love had some major surgery….she is okay now and I hope I can get back to normal (if I was ever normal).
But first I need an operation to remove a hospital from my ass! LOL!
Today’s selection is from the 70’s…yes I am an old fart….the only Native American group back in the day that was on a major label…….
Good day and welcome to the briefing…….
Item 1–I have long said that airstrikes and supplies will not be enough to defeat the advance of ISIS……..
Iraqi officials have told US special envoy to the ISIS war General John Allen that they don’t believe the US-led coalition is doing enough in that war, and that their support is “not convincing.”
With the US not wanting to directly coordinate with Iran on the war, despite having virtually identical interests, this is putting the two nations into competition with each other for buying the support of the Abadi government in Baghdad, a question which will likely be more important as the war winds down and the territories of the respective powers become more stationary.
The problem is that any minor successes will be short lived without a constant state of war from the Us and the Coalition.
Item 2–US training troops continue to face enemy fire……
The 300 US soldiers and Marines at al Asad air base in Iraq’s Anbar province continue to see mortar fire directed at their positions, with six more mortar rounds landing on the sprawling complex last week.
Item 3–When will Iraq be ready for a massive offensive? Good question, huh?
A statement from Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s office said the alliance should “increase the tempo of the effective air strikes on Islamic State positions,” while also calling for an expansion of the training program for Iraqi security forces.
Speaking with Reuters on Jan. 11, Abadi predicted that the US-led training program would take three years, and that “the most difficult thing is to restructure and build the Army while you are in a state of war. … Our aim is to create a balance between both, restructuring the Army in a way that will not impact the fighting.”
Item 4–Remember Korbane?
It is a stunning reversal for the Islamic State group, which just months ago stood poised to conquer the entire town — and could pierce a carefully crafted image of military strength that helped attract foreign fighters and spread horror across the Middle East.
“An IS defeat in Kobani would quite visibly undermine the perception of unstoppable momentum and inevitable victory that IS managed to project, particularly after it captured Mosul,” said Faysal Itani, a fellow at the Atlantic Council, referring to the militants’ seizure of Iraq’s second-largest city during its blitz into Iraq from Syria last summer.
It would also rob the group of a “psychological edge that both facilitated recruitment and intimidated actual and potential rivals, as well as the populations IS controlled,” Itani said.
Events are unfolding and the American public is more concerned with the antics of some big butt broad or a group of adrenalin junkies climbing a rock….eventually this war will slap them in the face and they, public, will clamor to know why they were uninformed of the turn in the war……
I shall continue as often as good news is available……
Thanx for your time and attention……..
Turn The Page!
(I have also submitted this to Ace News Room)
The Paris attacks were all the rage in the media and now that it is all but over it is still all the rage……but now the media is fixated on what they see as anti-Semitism…..pundits like Morning Joe’s Scarborough of MSNBC is completely flabbergasted at the way Europeans are treating the Jews especially in France. His question is did these people NOT learn anything from the Holocaust and the events that lead to it?
He is a staunch Israel supporter which is okay with me as long as he does not lie or ignore other facts in that support. Recently he, Scarborough, went on and on about the attacks that have been leveled at Jews since the Paris attacks…..and his crony Mika quoted a few stats about the rise in nationalistic feelings and the anti-Semitism. Scarborough said that there have been many attacks on Jews especially against synagogues that have led to a security detail to protect Jewish interests in France.
Scarborough is not alone….almost all media outlets, at least the so-called reputable ones, are following suit.
His concern is admirable but he should fixate on ALL attacks on religious minorities….for incidence, since the Paris attacks there has been 21 attacks on mosques in France and 33 threatening letters and yet it is not important enough for these overpaid hacks to mention it. But 10,000 French troops are used to protect Jewish interests.
Of course the MSM seems to think that the world owes Israel and Jews more protection than other minorities because of World War 2……personally, I think any debt owed Jews for their suffering in WW2 has been paid….and in full.
When will the world realize that Israel is playing on their sympathy and because it works so goddamn well…..Israel gets a free ride….all they have to do is invoke the mantra of security and the world bends over and ignores any action that Israel takes….whether legitimate of not.
Muslims are being treated worse because the perpetrators of the violence claim to be Muslims………and the world ignores their plight Guilty by association!
ENOUGH IS A GODDAMN ENOUGH!
New Congress has begun to work(?)…….the most worthless collection of people on the planet…..
One of the pressing issues that consumed the airways in the year 2014 was that of immigration. There was much debate and lots of yelling and even more accusations……
The GOP was absolutely livid about the steps and measures the president took to solve part of the problem…….and those measures sent the Right wing into stroke mode….and according to them the “end of days” was approaching…..
I regurgitate all this because there was a story that got absolutely NO coverage in the media and even less on the Right……
US Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration Anne Richard says the United States will dramatically increase the number of Syrian refugees allowed to resettle permanently in the United States from about 350 this year to close to 10,000 annually as the crisis grinds on into its fifth year.
After initial vetting by UNHCR, Syrian refugees who want to resettle in the United States must be interviewed by officers of the Department of Homeland Security at US diplomatic facilities in Amman, Jordan or Istanbul, Turkey. That leaves out a million Syrians who have fled to Lebanon and large populations in Iraq and Egypt. Richard said lack of space and security concerns have kept the United States from interviewing Syrian refugees at the US Embassy in Beirut but that US officials are looking at the possibility of setting up a refugee vetting operation in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq.
Asked how many of those referred would be accepted, Richard said, “I think most” because they are likely to meet the United State’s definition of a refugee as someone fleeing persecution or threats because of race, ethnicity, religion, political beliefs or membership to a particular social group.
Refugees must also pass medical and security checks. “The last part has been tricky in the past,” Richard said, but added that it is not likely to be a major problem with the Syrians referred by UNHCR. She said she expected them to comprise mostly widows with children, the elderly and people with medical conditions. “It will be fairly clear that they are not terrorists bent on harming Americans,” she said.
I am surprised that the Right did not take advantage of this news……they could have painted all those refugees as some sort of AQ sleeper or worse…..
I guess we will see when those refugees find a home here in the US……
With the conclusion of the Paris massacre the world’s media has been going ape shit crazy…..trying to put together some kind of worldwide conspiracy and it is at its worse on FOX News……but the real question should is there a large picture to the whole affair or is it just some whacked out lone wolves that wanted their moment in the spotlight?
This is a good piece written by Scahill….read and let the opinions fly!
The Paris Mystery: Were the Shooters Part of a Global Terrorist Conspiracy? – The Intercept.
I know what you are thinking….WTF? While I do not necessarily agree with conservative thought….I do find some interesting articles in the American Conservative…….of course it is a conservative site….so they will take every opportunity to embarrass the Left as much as possible…..please take that into consideration…….
This article is a pretty interesting read……check it out and let me know what you think…..
The Left’s Ignorant Islam Critics | The American Conservative.