Monthly Archives: September 2017

Is this what is driving US Kurdish policy?

Posted on September 12, 2017 by Pat Lang

  "Maj. Gen. Yair Golan also said that he saw ISIS fighters walking on the Syrian-Israeli front, and that he “can cope with that”. However, Maj. Gen. Yair Golan said that he can’t cope with Iran, and said that Iran … Continue reading →

Posted in Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Syria | 79 Comments

Deir al-Zor Province – the wild east of Syria

Posted on September 11, 2017 by Pat Lang

  According to "reports,"  IS has launched a serious counter-attack to keep the US backed SDF from reaching the city of Deir al Zor for the purpose of occupying the part of the city still under IS control.  If this … Continue reading →

Posted in Syria | 18 Comments

Is there a SAG-SDF deal?

Posted on September 10, 2017 by Pat Lang

 "On Sunday, the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Deir Ezzor Military Council (DMZ) announced that they reached the industrial zone in the northwestern countryside of Deir Ezzor city. However, the SDF didn’t announce that the industrial zone is … Continue reading →

Posted in As The Borg Turns, Russia, Syria | 58 Comments

Israel is testing Russia …

Posted on September 8, 2017 by Pat Lang

  "If reports are confirmed, this will be another sign of the growing Israeli military activity over the ongoing Syrian war caused by a series of success of the Syrian-Iranian-Russian alliance against ISIS across the country. On September 7, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Iran, Israel, Middle East, Russia, Syria | 125 Comments

3 Parties; Democrats, GOP and Trump

Posted on September 7, 2017 by Pat Lang

SWMBO has said for some time that the present two parties should be replaced with quite a few more political players so that they would need to reach coalition compromise solutions.  She also sees the need for action to prevent … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | 47 Comments

Don’t even think about it – TTG

Posted on September 6, 2017 by Andrei Martyanov

Earlier this evening, Colonel Lang asked me a fairly simple question. “What would you say is the actual deployment ground force capability?” Just from the top of my head, I gave the following response. “Since we're already committed in Iraq, Afghanistan … Continue reading →

Posted in Korea, TTG | 39 Comments

“The Art of the Deal?” revisited on 6 September 2017

Posted on September 6, 2017 by Pat Lang

  I posted this just after DJT became president.  In light of today's DJT agreement with the Democrats over McConnell and Ryans' heads it seems of continued relevance.  pl ************** "First, the President-elect must make a stab at uniting the … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | 11 Comments

When Russia does this it is condemned …

Posted on September 6, 2017 by Pat Lang

"Israel must prepare its American ally sooner rather than later to know that Israel may not be able to sit idly by while Iran’s uses its new base to transfer more and more powerful weaponry to Hezbollah. Serious questions need … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel | 26 Comments

RUSSIAN FEDERATION SITREP 20170906

Posted on September 6, 2017 by Patrick Armstrong

  AMERICA-HYSTERICA. "A New Report Raises Big Questions About Last Year’s DNC Hack" finally got the VIPS analysis into the mainstream. (Briefly: Guccifer 2.0 documents were locally downloaded and doctored to give a Russian flavour). Has this killed the story? … Continue reading →

Posted in Patrick Armstrong, Russia | 4 Comments

MAYDAY KOREA! by William R. Polk (Part 2)

Posted on September 6, 2017 by Pat Lang

America on the Brink of Nuclear War (Part 2): What should we do?             In the first part of this essay, I gave my interpretation of the background of the current confrontation in Korea.  I argued that, while the past … Continue reading →

Posted in Korea | 47 Comments