By Eric Draitser | New Eastern Outlook | May 6, 2016 With the war in Syria raging in its fifth year, and the Islamic State wreaking havoc throughout the Middle East and North Africa, it’s clear that the entire region has been made into one large theater of conflict. But the battlefield must not be […]
We are moving towards a major war Source: http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2878025 Translated by KA Michael Flynn, former head of the intelligence service of the US Ministry of Defence from 2012-2014, visited Moscow
ISIS are a terrifying, devastating Sunni militia that emerged out of the Iraqi insurgency and the anti-Assad jihad … except they aren't particularly religious! And their origin story makes no sense. And militarily speaking they are a joke who could be wiped out within weeks if NATO wanted that. In this episode I take a sideways look at the Islamic State, which isn't very Islamic and isn't a state, and ask what they really are, if anything.
By Eric Draitser |New Eastern Outlook | November 4, 2015 Like millions of Americans, this past week I was sitting on my couch, drinking a cold beer, watching Game 1 of the World Series – professional baseball’s hallowed championship. Suddenly the satellite feed went out, the screen went dark. Naturally, as FOX Sports scrambled to […]
