Strategy of tension

SAA Ground Offensive BeginsNews Round Up...........I will be updating as new info becomes available or asap!G & M

What a great way to get Turkey on everybody's mind. People will automatically associate this alleged 'bad' shooter to that 'bad' nation state of Turkey. Perception management 101.Btw: how many memes can you hit with one story?-Terror at home-Zombies-Mall Shooting/Public Space Shooting-Guns -Immigrants-Turkey

Recall the post from earlier this week? A Turn for The Worse: Obama "Considers" Arming Syrian Kurds to Fight ISIS As I had suspected, if the media was mentioning this news as something being "considered", this was a done deal!Sputnik: Plane Loads of Arms delivered to Kurds in Annexed Syrian TerritorySputnik fudged the  quote! Intentional or accidental I don't know?

Seriously, avoid Starbucks in Turkey. Specifically in Gaziantiep near Turkish/Syrian borderNo such thing as bad PR!

And you know darn well they are!RTSergey is one of the best diplomats in my book- His use of language is most excellent!  

Lots happening that's for sure...So we are going to have a news round up!Is a narrative being prepped for an Israeli move on Lebanon and Syria, simultaneously? hattip anonymous

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I've written about exactly this with regard to the taking of Mosul- How it would be a feather in Obama's cap- hadn't considered the gift to Hillary, but, it would work! It would work!Can a Mosul Victory be Obama’s ‘October Surprise’?