Strategy of tension

Now, here is something very interesting.. This news  certainly had me recalling the chemical attack in Ghouta, Syria 2013.- Conveniently timed and staged I believed then, as I do now, that whatever occurred in Ghouta, the hand of Israel was behind it. Others blamed Turkey, nonsense, Turkey and the US had already hit their rough patch- Incirlik troubles were ongoing...Israeli intelligence played a central role in the entire narrative.

Clearly it didn't. The carefully couched language from Tillerson. The Turkish leadership was not as circumspect.US and Turkey on a Collision Course- WSJ

 Day 3 and the news on this war expansion is still amazingly scarce, considering the implications-  Day 1-  US Launched "Surprise" Attack On Raqqa. Blocking SAA/Hezbollah/Russian ForcesDay 2-  US Attack on Raqqa Updated.. Jaafari says US move on Raqqa illegitimate...

Yesterday I covered the “surprise” attack on Raqqa-

 Have you all noticed as of late how much hatin' on hate is going on? As we condemn hate, we condone it, by hating. It's positively bipolar- extremes of emotion - The way we are informed to not hate while supporting the fight against it , usually involving oppressive stances.

My thoughts are this is all related to the desired no fly/safe zone...

Trump To "Supersize President Obama's Strategy to Defeat Islamic State"

-The first phase of a series of multiphase campaigns should prioritize seizing and securing a base of operations in southeastern Syria to create a de facto safe zone in the region. 

-Subsequent phases will require establishing a no-fly zone in southern Syria

Yup! As expected. The plenary is taking place today and the rebels will be or are present.

Unhinged : Deranged, UnbalancedIt’s seems the time has come for one of those all encompassing posts- the ones that attempt to make sense of the non-sense.  It’s as if there is presently a whirl wind of activity around Turkey seemingly unrelated but in actuality-  all very related. Target Turkey:This is becoming  ever more obvious and heavy handed. Yet, many still don’t or can’t see it. Not sure which it is? I’ve long stated here that the propaganda employed to target Turkey is necessarily devious and liberally applied- Pun intended.

While my taking umbrage implies, for example, that  I find the bizarre claims of Russia hacking the US election without evidence, offensive- (Too bad Wikipedia doesn’t take umbrage to such absurdity)  The CIA's UMBRAGE Program takes an entirely different type of offence: a transgression of the law; the act of attacking- to a whole new level  Sadly, no.

Some media outlets are reporting these talks as "surprise talks" That's just silly. Given what has been occurring in Manbij as of late a meeting seemed absolutely necessary. I will relink the posts covering this very tense and dangerous situation at the bottom- The latest via Bloomberg: