Turkish Jets Hit Menagh Airbase Used by US to Supply Arms to Kurds

Turkish Jets Hit Menagh Airbase Used by US to Supply Arms to Kurds

More than 70 Turkish military aircraft that have been engaged in Ankara’s Olive Branch operation in northern Syria against the Kurdish troop, according to Turkey’ General Staff. The Turkish Air Force attacked the Menagh Military Airbase in northwestern Syria, which the US used for supplying weapons to Kurdish armed forces, the Hurriyet newspaper reported citing military sources. The…

Turkey Launches Operation Against Kurdish Militia in Syria

Turkey Launches Operation Against Kurdish Militia in Syria

Turkey on Saturday launched a new air and ground operation to oust Kurdish militia from a northern Syrian enclave, defying US warnings that the action risked destabilising the area. Turkey had in recent days sent dozens of military vehicles to the border area and readied pro-Ankara Syria rebels in preparation for the operation against the…

New US Defense Strategy: Return to Global Dominance, Slimming Down Pentagon

New US Defense Strategy: Return to Global Dominance, Slimming Down Pentagon

After nearly two decades of focus on terrorism, the US military establishment is seeking to pivot back to great-power competition with Russia and China, preserving global dominance while rebuilding the “eroding” force. “Inter-state strategic competition, not terrorism, is now the primary concern in US national security,” says the new National Defense Strategy, published by the…

The US Syria ‘Strategy’ – Recipe for Continued Disaster Even for the US

The US Syria ‘Strategy’ – Recipe for Continued Disaster Even for the US

Most media covering the speech that US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, gave at the Hoover Institution on January 17, 2018 merely points out that he said that the United States would stay in Syria – open-ended – in the future and until President Bashar al-Assad has left the scene. Read the full speech here. Reuters even…

The Twitter President

The Twitter President

As my readers at home and around the world know, I supported giving Trump a chance as Trump, and only Trump, addressed the two most important issues of our time for both all of humanity and for Americans: (1) avoiding nuclear Armageddon by normalizing relations with Russia, and (2) restoring the American middle class, on…

Complex Power Play in Libya

Complex Power Play in Libya

The fighting around the vicinity of Tripoli’s Mitiga airport continues with the airport still closed, in flames. As previously reported, seasoned US State Department man, Jeffery Feltman, now with the UN, recently visited Libya followed on the heels of the French Foreign Minister Le Drain, to persuade all parties to adhere the the LPA agreement…