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Unless Erdogan Stops Spitting in Trumps Face the US/Turkey Alliance Will End?

Noah Feldman is quite the spin doctor! “The U.S. needs to start imagining NATO without Turkey. The latest reason is Turkey’s assault against the Syrian Kurds. The same Kurds who, with U.S. training and...

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Brand New US Warship Trapped in Icy Water in Montreal, Canada

Canada’s harsh  winter weather is just too much for this ship. “Global Warming”?  As previously stated Mother Nature didn’t get the memo.Admittedly this news made me laugh. And then laugh some more US...

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Turkey's Near Century Distrust of the US = Rational Basis for Afrin Move

From the AtlanticHow the Past......In the 19th century, Britain, France, and Russia occupied or fostered the independence of Greece, Serbia, Romania, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Tunisia, and Egypt—each one...

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Turkey/Syria & Afrin: Syrian Troops Not Targets, Reconcilliation Council & More

 Frankly, I'm still a bit flummoxed at the suggestions that the move into Afrin was an entirely unexpected move.Turkish FM Cavusoglu says..........Afrin to Be Handed Over to It’s Real OwnersTurkish...

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Another 50 Canadian Soldiers Arrive in Ukraine To Build & Improve Military

Another 50 Canadian soldiers arrive in Ukraine to train military of Ukrainian Armed ForcesFor the "unifier" training mission"As part of the UNIFIER training mission, 50 Canadian soldiers arrived in...

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Female Kurdish Fighter Blows Herself Up- Killing Turkish Troops

I'm posting this article topoint out the spin that is placed at the end of the piece. Link A female fighter within the Kurdish People’s Protection Units paramilitary group has blown herself up amid an...

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Why is Russia Helping Turkey in Afrin?

Oped Via Al JazeeraImage from Al Jazeera The narrative below, excerpted from the oped, works for me. It jibes with much of what I've posted here this past YEAR."On January 20, Turkey launched an air...

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Realpolitik at Sochi

  It's interesting to observe this sort of bias against the nation state of Turkey. Largely due to some negative idea of Erdogan.  I scratch my head at it. It's another nation state in among a whole...

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Israel’s creeping further into Syria- Stealthily Taking Golan

I'd saved this big expose from "The Intercept" last week. Flush with Omidyar's Ebay money one would think this alternative media shored up byso called"adversarial journalists" would have been able to...

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Realpolitik2 At Sochi

Following up on : Realpolitik at Sochi *Talks in Sochi successful: Syrian delegateThe congress in Sochi was successful from all points of view. This conference brought about the dialogue that we needed...

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US “extremely concerned” about reports of chlorine gas use in Syria

reuters "extremely concerned"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is “extremely concerned” about reports that Syrian forces recently used chlorine gas as a weapon in attacks in the eastern Ghouta...

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This Years Flu Vaccine Effectiveness Not Significantly Different Then Zero

I'm obviously ignoring the CBC's misleading headline"The effectiveness of this season's flu shot has been extremely low, with the vaccine preventing only 10 to 20 per cent of infections caused by the...

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Russia Confirms Su-25 Downed in Syria- Repercussions?

TASS A Su-25 fighter jet of the Russian Aerospace Force was shot down by militants in Syria on Saturday, the pilot ejected but was killed later by terrorists, the Russian Defense Ministry said."On 3...

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Breaking Reports: Russia Has Responded to Plane Shootdown in Syria

Following up on the earlier news regarding the shootdown of a Russian piloted Su-25.Russia Confirms Su-25 Downed in Syria- Repercussions?That was fast.  Interesting that we now have two terror groups...

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Egypt Approves 100's of Israeli Air Strikes in Sinai

Times of IsraelKeep in mind that there is NO confirmation of Egyptian approval.  Nor is their confirmation from Israel. It does appear the Americans and British persons who provided this information...

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Russian Plane Shootdown & Changing Narratives

 What's in a name?William Shakespeare understood there was a whole lot to a name.  Perception managers, marketers and war makers understand there is a whole lot riding on just the right name.   Two...

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Syrian Chlorine Concerns Replaying Iraq's Cholera Outbreak (Restricted...

hat tipping  opit ! Thank YOU!!opitFebruary 5, 2018 at 11:44 PMNoted when I posted the notice of your article "The U.S. was' extremely concerned' about the supposed use of chlorine gas in Iraq too, so...

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US Special Forces "Very Proud" of Occupying Syria- Blunt Warning to Turkey

It's pretty obvious that tensions are escalating in Northern Syria.  The US has sent an undeniable F U message to Turkey.  I personally can't interpret this latest report any other way. *NYT's with...

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US Kills More Then 100 Syrian Fighters ( SAA or allies, I'm unsure)

 The US got ahead of the propaganda game immediately calling their attack a response/defense to a so called "unprovoked attack" It's not an "unprovoked attack" when the US and it's kurdish thug allies...

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Message in A Massacre: US attack on Syrian Allied Forces

Yes, the US attack on Syrian forces and their allies was message delivered by means of a massacre!  As I'd noted in yesterday's post the US was employing language that can only be described as F. U....

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