Monthly Archives: September 2016

Armageddon on the Steppe? – TTG

Posted on September 10, 2016 by Andrei Martyanov

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8, 2016 — Defense Secretary Ash Carter today said the United States and its allies remain committed to Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity during his bilateral meeting with Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak at the U.N. Peacekeeping Defense … Continue reading →

Posted in Russia, TTG | 35 Comments

Hillary’s latest gift to Trump

Posted on September 10, 2016 by Pat Lang

  "“You know,” Clinton said at the LGBT event, “to just be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump's supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables.” “Right?” Clinton said as the crowd laughed and applauded. “The racist, … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | 90 Comments

The Commander in Chief Forum

Posted on September 8, 2016 by Pat Lang

We watched it last night. This morning I was out with Harper having a giant diner breakfast at Bob and Edith's on 23rd St. in Crystal City.  So this is now my first chance to put something up about the … Continue reading →

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Open Thread – 7 September 2016

Posted on September 7, 2016 by Pat Lang

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Rebel/US/Turkish failure at Aleppo is absolute.

Posted on September 6, 2016 by Pat Lang

From the day when the jaws of the Kurdish YPG stronghold at Sheikh Maqsood on the south and the Syrian Army Tiger Forces coming down from the north closed on the Castello Road at the north of the East Aleppo … Continue reading →

Posted in As The Borg Turns, Borg Wars, Current Affairs, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, The Military Art, Turkey | 93 Comments

Trying to hustle the bear …

Posted on September 5, 2016 by Pat Lang

  Obama was on the tube today from China.  Among his various statements was a description of his and Kerry's efforts to get Russia and the Syrian government to agree to a permanent cease fire that would enable the unicorn/jihadi … Continue reading →

Posted in As The Borg Turns, Current Affairs, Media, Politics, Russia, Syria | 33 Comments

The Trumpster

Posted on September 4, 2016 by Pat Lang

  "Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics, said he remains convinced Clinton is ahead, somewhere in the range seen among the polling aggregators. “There has been a closing that’s completely natural,” Sabato said. “Every four … Continue reading →

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HARPER: THE FAT LADY HAS NOT YET BEGUN TO SING

Posted on September 3, 2016 by Harper

August was a very bad month for Hillary Clinton, although she is still the odds-on favorite to win the Presidential elections in November, but by a shrinking margin.  If September proves to be as full of bad news and blunders … Continue reading →

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“The 12 juiciest bits from the FBI’s Clinton report” Nick Gass

Posted on September 3, 2016 by Pat Lang

 "On at least two occasions when Hillary Clinton changed electronic devices as secretary of state, the outgoing mobile devices met a violent end on the other side of a hammer or got broken in half. At other moments, two of … Continue reading →

Posted in Justice, Politics | 90 Comments

Turkey and Russia, a new reality

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Pat Lang

I have been puzzling over the emerging Turko/Russian relationship and in the end have decided that Erdogan and Putin have reached an agreement in which Turkey has a green light from Russia to destroy Kurdish attempts to build an autonomous … Continue reading →

Posted in As The Borg Turns, Borg Wars, Current Affairs, Middle East, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey | 12 Comments