Lessons of the Vietnam War by Justin Raimondo — Antiwar.com.
Day: May 1, 2015
ISIS: Could The End Be Near? (Update)
About a week ago I wrote about the report coming out of Iraq that the leader of ISIS , al-Baghdadi, had been badly wounded…..(in case you need a refresher)……..
http://lobotero.com/2015/04/23/isis-could-the-end-be-near/
I said then that it was still not confirmed and could possibly just be a propaganda ploy by the Iraqis…..I could remember back a few years ago a senior Taleban leader had been reported killed about 4 times before the confirmation was released…….just did not want to pass on faulty information.
It appears that the UK’s Guardian has a report……..
The leader of the Islamic State (Isis), Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi remains incapacitated due to suspected spinal damage and is being treated by two doctors who travel to his hideout from the group’s stronghold of Mosul, the Guardian has learned.
Details of Baghdadi’s condition, and of the physicians treating him, have emerged since the Guardian revealed he had been seriously wounded on 18 March in an air strike that killed three men he was travelling with. The attack took place in al-Baaj, 80 miles (128km) west of Mosul.
Only a small clique of Isis leaders know the extent of Baghdadi’s injuries, or where he is being treated. Fewer still have visited him. However, word of his wounds has started to spread to the group’s second-tier leadership, where talk is rife of avenging the most serious blow to Isis since the group overran half of Iraq.
If this is true….how will if effect the fighting capability of ISIS?
Could leadership explain the losses suffered by the group in the last couple of months?
Could this be the beginning of the end for ISIS?
American History 101
Baltimore is just the most recent example of the inequalities in this country……..the US has always been a source of extreme thought about minorities……we can be a nation of haters……….
Baltimore: The Blame Game
After a rough start the last couple of days have been relatively quiet in Baltimore……and as usual someone has got to be blamed for the violence and the destruction…….the sad part is that the people and events that take the heat are seldom the cause……but they continue to play politics with a social problem…….
And as you would expect the GOP has its bad guys…….
Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, who has officially thrown his hat into the 2016 ring, told conservative radio host Laura Ingraham on Monday that “I came through the train on Baltimore last night, I’m glad the train didn’t stop.” He also said the “lack of fathers” and a “lack of moral code in our society” should eventually be examined for the “thievery and thuggery” that has taken place in Maryland’s largest city. The GOPer added “this isn’t just a racial thing. It goes across racial boundaries.”
Paul’s excuse sounds more like a political campaign than an honest evaluation…….but he isd not alone with moronic overtones……..there will ALWAYS be Donald Trump……..
What would a crisis be without the mind numbing lip flapping of The Donald?
“Our great African American president hasn’t exactly had a positive impact on the thugs who are so happily and openly destroying Baltimore!” Trump tweeted on Tuesday, resulting in a backlash on Twitter with many accusing the billionaire businessman of being racist.
Trump called on Obama to “go to Baltimore and bring both sides together. With proper leadership, it can be done! Do it.” Trump also criticized the Baltimore police for allowing “the city to be destroyed,” and asked if U.S. taxpayers were expected to pay for the damage.
It’s Obama’s fault…….that tired old accusation……..
The media has gone so far as to make the story about the victim not about the circumstances of his death…..plus the media keeps counting down the hours and minutes to curfew with the hope that something set the crowds off……
Sad part is that NO one wants to talk about the real reasons for all this violence……..and because of this there will be more…..and more……
United States of Amnesia: What White America Doesn’t Understand About the Baltimore Protests | Alternet
In case you have had enough of Jenner’s sex or that damn silly Royal Baby Watch and would like to learn something about Baltimore…..if so….then this is an excellent article’
BTW, does anyone have an idea why the media has a curfew countdown for last couple of nights?