The onset of three major developments next month will change the entire dynamic of the War on Syria, meaning that the country’s decision makers must urgently assess the true state of strategic affairs as they presently stand, forecast the most probable scenarios that will unfold across the coming months, and seriously consider which policies could …
Continue reading Strategic Assessment of the War on Syria in Fall 2018: Idlib & The Northeast
Events that have transpired in and around Syria and the Middle East with the defeat of ISIS during the fall of 2018 clearly prove one thing. The US and Israel, and under Trump the two are inseparable, intend to push Russia and China to nuclear confrontation. The Pentagon is fully behind this, wanting to stop …
One wonders what went on in Russian minds during last month’s spectacle of US President Trump raking Beijing over the coals on accusations of meddling, in the upcoming US midterm elections, to try to undermine his trade policies. Certainly the Chinese, who evidently didn’t expect it, were shocked and outraged, but it was behavior to …
Continue reading China on Notice as America’s Next Big Enemy, Right After Russia
Mohammad bin Salman is fully aware of the Western elite’s understanding of its own values. While he may be given a pass to bomb Yemen and kill thousands of innocent civilians, he should know better than to dare touch a Washington Post columnist – “one of ours”, as one MSNBC host said. Did he not realize …
Continue reading ‘Mohammad bin Salman Must Go’, but US-Saudi Ties Are Here to Stay
Where has Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman gone? Since mainstream media broke news of the disappearance and alleged death of Jamal Khashoggi, MbS has gotten a little camera shy … and somewhat politically withdrawn. Whatever did happen to our buoyant reformer, who, from the platforms of his friendships so openly spoke wars and violent retributions …
Continue reading Saudi Arabia’s Great Tumbling Down – The Boy Who Wanted to be King is No More
Following US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s emergency talks in Riyadh and Ankara, and amid mounting reports implicating Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the murder of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the Trump administration is scrambling to shield Washington’s closest ally in the Arab World. On Thursday, Trump continued to suggest that Prince …
Continue reading Trump Scrambles to Cover for Saudi Regime as Crisis Over Khashoggi Murder Mounts
Saudi Arabia’s royal court is discussing the potential for a change in the line of succession, with the US government wanting “direct involvement” in the process, a Western intelligence source has told Middle East Eye. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the source described the “Saudis being in disarray” as pressure continues to mount on Riyadh …
Continue reading Saudi Royal Family ‘Discussing Succession’ Over Khashoggi Crisis
The US is threatening to further sanction Syria if Damascus doesn’t make progress in America’s preferred direction during the ongoing constitutional reform process. The US special representative for Syria James Jeffrey conveyed this intention on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly after his country and a handful of others called upon Staffan de Mistura …
Continue reading The US Meddles in Syria’s Constitutional Reform Process by Threatening Sanctions
In previous articles about this topic I have tried to set the context and explain why most Orthodox Churches are still used as pawns in purely political machinations and how the most commentators who discuss these issues today are using words and concepts in a totally twisted, secular and non-Christian way (which is about as …
Continue reading The Empire Splits the Orthodox World – Possible Consequences
