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So, brief wrap on the ground, as much of it is just adjustments to the existing situation. More slow intensification. While sitting around playing Parcheesi or whatever it is they do out east when not patrolling, Russia continues to go even more HAM on Idlib alongside the SAA including maybe upped airstrikes. SAA also apparently dropped aContinue reading “Nov 22 (3/3): Ground Up-Date: More Intensification”

So this isn’t so much gratuitous imagery of more of the same, which I try to avoid posting, but rather an effective illustration of: What’s going on in the west when “nobody is watching/cares.” What the people in the east are afraid of. Why there is reason to believe the grinding nature of the battleContinue reading “Nov 21 (5/5): A View of a “Cease Fire””

Some of these people are really up on their understanding of conflict in theoretical and historical context. Comes with the whole revolutionary bit. “Why are you complaining about Syrians moving in Syria.” What if a bunch of Orthodox Russians move into Grozny after it’s razed. See a problem?What if hundreds of Kurdish families moved intoContinue reading “Nov 21 (4/5): “two kids in a lot””

Ground Game: M4 All in Play So, here’s the big picture on the ground, as I see it anyway. Rojava is staying that they’re really OK with the Russians there—in fact, they wish the Russians were doing more, sorta like they said they would. “While Russia has been criticised by officials for failing to fulfillContinue reading “Nov 21 (3/5): Ground Game: M4 All in Play”

a.k.a. From Russia with Bullshit So everyone in the world basically understands that Russia is winning. Nobody is completely sure what they’re doing because it’s 4-dimensional chess, but everyone is quite confident that, at least for the moment, they are winning. In terms of trying to figure out what they’re up to, in the usefulContinue reading “Nov 21 (2/5): The Dancing Bear”

How long is everyone going to put up with this crap? Turkey arrests German embassy lawyer for ‘spying’ @TheNationalUAE https://t.co/6rRx9zG8sv — Mutlu Civiroglu (@mutludc) November 20, 2019 Der Spiegel reported the German federal government fears that Turkey’s authorities and its secret service MIT have seized data and files of about 50 Turkish citizens who have appliedContinue reading “Nov 20 (8/8): Erdogan Tries to Throw Everyone in Jail”

Here is just one example—and as you can see it’s being covered abroad—but Congress critters are starting to discuss the idea the we should at least help the people who fought with us escape. Our allies “ought to be protected on a going-forward basis… basic decency ought to ensure that these folks are protected.”– MarkContinue reading “Nov 20 (7/8): Extradite Our Allies?”