My routine daily is that I get up and begin work at 0100 hrs…..why so early?
The region that I am interested in at that time will be about 0900 hrs and the news is fresh and not diluted by western media filters……my feeling is if you want real news you go to the source not to your tobacco spitting uncle that types in all CAPS when he is having a redneck stroke…….
In reading news out of the Middle East I occasionally come across an article that I feel will make some go into a catatonic trance when they see the title…..and I found one today!
Most Americans have their preconceived opinion of what is going on in the Middle East and that of the barbaric organization I call ISIS…..or is it ISIL…..no……. I think the accepted title these days is Islamic State (IS)……
An article entitled How the IS has helped the Middle East should be one of those articles that get the Right wing nuts into a situation where their heads will explode……
The expansion of the Islamic State has forced regional powers to cooperate and is in fact strengthening state governance in the Middle East.
Source: How the Islamic State has helped the Middle East – Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East
I am sure like most times…..the title will be read and their opinions will be formed from that alone……and some will even call me some sort of insulting BS……but what the Hell….someone has to give them something to bitch about and it might as well be me……
I believe that the situation has caused countries and entities in the Middle East learn to work together….having said that let me say that ……it will take more time and more cooperation before this is a success and that means geopolitics will play an important part……dialog would go a long way but the problem there is trust….few trust few……the US can play little to no part in this……we have done enough to cause the problems. Our one dimensional foreign policy cannot be a solution….it can only exacerbate the situation further.
Turn The Page!
Well … alright then! If the ISIS is doing so much good in uniting those countries then by all means let us open a headquarters for them at One World Trade Center, give them a seat on the President’s advisory group and get on with the good life.
I was wondering how much sarcasm that source would generate….
Seems like we ought to take as much advantage of a good thing as we can since we seem to be inclined to do the exact opposite most of the time.
e have a plan to possibly use AQ against IsIS….but that will cause someone’s heart to explode…..we used them in Afghanistan to a success in 1990…but as usual we took our eye off the situation and it bit us in the ass….
I confess to ignorance. Genius must be balanced with a certain amount of ignorance. Please tell me what “AQ” is and I shall be satiated with pleasure… as it were.
Al-Qaeda….we have used them in the past as a proxy……something like that is being considered to use Nusra Front (AQ affiliate) in Syria……
Oh yes! Good old “Al!” Haven’t heard about old “Al” in a while now. Thanks, Chuq!
Sure thing….they will be in news very soon….