As an analyst and commentator on the Middle East I am always in search of information that I think would be useful for my readers and that could help them understand this region and all its complexities…..
I found such an article in the “American Conservative” and yes I do read conservative thoughts and analyses…..I believe that all analyses are good if it is to help the understanding of what is happening….I really do not care from where the analysis originates…..
The article in AC helps in the understanding of just what ISIS is up to….their thought about the region and what it would look like if they are somehow successful…..
Policymakers and media people—as well as anyone interested in the Middle East, Islam, terrorism, and related issues—need to be talking about al-Jazira. I am not talking here about the Qatar-based……..
Source: The Islamic State’s Retro Map | The American Conservative
I would hope that people would be interested enough to check out the situation….after all our grandchildren will most likely be fighting this battle and beyond…..it would be nice if they were armed with some clarity……don’t you think?
I agree it’s good to include differing opinions in discussion; I would, however, prefer not to assume we will battle this issue for generations… Haters gonna hate, no matter how they justify it; the GOP in this country is of greater danger to the public than any Middle Eastern country, or terrorist organization….
In fact, IMHO, this issue, and all other human-related issues, will solve themselves, in a drastic way, very much sooner than two or three generations down the path of time…. Nature will soon balance all the scales. and this delusion-based, idiotic world we have created, & have the chutzpah to call civilization, will all be moot….
Just sayin;….
gigoid
Sorry, was that off topic?….
Hmph…. It’s all of a piece, I suppose. One issue feeds into another, they’re all connected… I just can’t see any safe outlets, or paths that lead anywhere worth ending up…. and, Mother Nature always gets the last word, anyway….
gigoid
You are always making me think about stuff and I like that….never change my friend….chuq
Hahaha
It is called ‘syphislization’………
The latest…
The extent of the Islamic State’s atrocities in Iraq has been laid bare by the UN
https://news.vice.com/article/the-extent-of-the-islamic-
Any one up for a bit of Proselytism and Conversion ?
Thanx for link chuq..
Yes dear……glad to help….chuq
“Syphilisation” LOL! Love it…. and, about right, I think…
Re: P & C….
Bring it on… lots of talented idiots have been trying that on me since I was knee-high to a grasshopper…. Love to destroy proselytizers, & convert them to my own book of righteousness…
😈
gigoid
Watching the reactions of our country to an asymmetrical war leads me to believe that it will be a long drawn out affair and in the end little will be accomplished….chuq
True….
Iraq and Syria’s Poetic Borders http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/iraq-syria-poetic-imagination via @newyorker
Good link….thanx chuq
Some conservatives are able to understand the situation in the middle east, but what’s missing is their sense of blame. They blame the situation in that region on the people who live there, not the “empire builders” from the outside.
Good observation….the refugees are a prime example of what you say…chuq