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OK, so there’s been a new theoretical breakthroughs in the development of the neo-rock school of thought in foreign policy and international relations. This is actually very interesting. People on the ground are savvy to things, we just don’t know what until later. From Dirbasiye now. The way the Turks are "welcomed" here is whatContinue reading “Nov 11 (6/6): New School of Rock”

“Fine, you take’em. And make no mistake, there’s a lot more where that came from.” #Turkey starts returning #ISIS fighters, deports US, Danish nationalshttps://t.co/WuEC6HTDuk — Rudaw English (@RudawEnglish) November 11, 2019 ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey on Monday deported citizens of the United States and Denmark who fought for the Islamic State and made plansContinue reading “Nov 11 (5/6): Five Tool Dickhead”

Fighting continues, but morale appears high, on the Rojava side anyway. That’s it I have officially peaked. My future contributions to the revolution won’t top this. pic.twitter.com/aD7WFryPIB — Dani Ellis (@lapinesque) November 11, 2019   Partial clarification of the US presence in the Manbij/Kobanî. Sorta. SDF saying that the Serrin base is consistent with theContinue reading “Nov 11 (4/6): Shenanigans.”

Fake News Attack (Russian?) It appears that as I post, a social media Fake News style campaign may be underway. Suspicious constellations of identical Tweets. These are actually really dumb. You can watch them unfold on Twitter in real time; it’s not like they’re skulking around in the shadows of the interwebs or something. TwoContinue reading “Nov 11 (3/6): FakeNews Attack on US Opinion”

A friend of mine suggested that maybe the Bradleys are bait. Maybe he’s right. Maybe bait is a good way of putting it. If it is bait, there’s likely people to take it—second explosion in Qamishli confirmed: Qamislo şehir merkezinde DAIS-MIT ortaklığıyla gerçekleştirilen 2. patlama anı. pic.twitter.com/d9kYcjFhFw — Beritan Sarya (@hevi___sarya) November 11, 2019 ThisContinue reading “Nov 11 (2/6): ISIS Kills Priest”

Morning Run Down: East to West Qamishli: “Car” Bomb The fight to exterminate Kurdish rights and existence is continuing. Carried out by the same power with different names. TFSA, ISIS, Turkey are a de-facto coalition of anti-Kurdish campaign. pic.twitter.com/uOhRAHWSqx — Mustafa Bali (@mustefabali) November 11, 2019 Edit: Reports that it was actually two motorcycles, andContinue reading “Nov 11 (1/6): Your Twitter Style is Strong”

So I wanted to make a post about the White Helmets. There are good reasons that make sense for why they’re not getting the press that the Free Burma Rangers are getting. But that doesn’t make it fair. Meet the White Helmets: The easiest way to explain why they are so amazing is to explain why they are not asContinue reading “Nov 10 (7/7): White Helmets & Free Burma Rangers”

So, let’s check in on what people want out of this war. Time: President Trump to Confront Turkey’s Erdogan About Buying Russian Air Defense System: National Security Adviser Interesting opening posture. But I’m pretty sure that’s not it. <Background Chatter, Jokes About the Road to Damascus, and if it could be “a” road to Damascus, dependingContinue reading “Nov 10 (6/7): The War: What It’s About”

“Talking Points”? Rojava Information Center has an interesting set of Tweets today. Given Erdogan’s meeting at the White House on Wednesday, I figured I’d see what they decided to Tweet out today, and I thought it was interesting enough to share. A note on the RIC. The RIC is, in my opinion, both partisan andContinue reading “Nov 10 (5/7): “Talking Points””

Yo… So, I’m not a big military historian guy—I’m a guy with a smart phone: I feel like I should emphasize that periodically. Upthread, it was noted that Trump has put up the money for the gambling license himself. I offer that if it were a game of poker, we just gave up a good handContinue reading “Nov 10 (4/7): Yo Joe”