“This will be playing out this very month, it seems.”
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Of course. My thought, though, is that all of it - not just what Alex ponders, but what all other “regular” pundits herald all day, too - just in parts, make plausible sense. Taken as a whole, however, there does not sees that there is even a smidgen of glue holding any kind of convincing, high probability, concrete conclusion. It's simply a hodge·podge of sound bites for now.
And so, I’m skewing my thoughts in Alex’s direction. At least for now.
All I can say at this junction of time is that: … most ‘rebellious organizations” (terrorists?), even if ‘befriended’ by others – over past millennium - have shown to be most often difficult to control, to direct, or even to influence, once they position themselves in power. Hence Alex’s based ponder validation: … the U.S. armed to fight the U.S.S.R - in Afghanistan - morphed into a Taliban which, subsequently, utilized said supplied weapons to fight U.S. Who would have thought…
I sent today's post to Alex. I send him a few. He has a particularly good mind.
His scenario is one that I delved into today to a degree.
The feasting western frenemies now lack a common adversary. In fact, they have each other as adversaries in Syria.
Particularly Turkey and Israel/USA are at odds, already.
This will be playing out this very month, it seems.
“This will be playing out this very month, it seems.”
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Of course. My thought, though, is that all of it - not just what Alex ponders, but what all other “regular” pundits herald all day, too - just in parts, make plausible sense. Taken as a whole, however, there does not sees that there is even a smidgen of glue holding any kind of convincing, high probability, concrete conclusion. It's simply a hodge·podge of sound bites for now.
And so, I’m skewing my thoughts in Alex’s direction. At least for now.
There is the possibility that hubris-seizing-operational-initiative is creating its own "trap".
Go BIBI! Don't Stop Now! Go Sultan, Go! Bibi's Ahead!
All I can say at this junction of time is that: … most ‘rebellious organizations” (terrorists?), even if ‘befriended’ by others – over past millennium - have shown to be most often difficult to control, to direct, or even to influence, once they position themselves in power. Hence Alex’s based ponder validation: … the U.S. armed to fight the U.S.S.R - in Afghanistan - morphed into a Taliban which, subsequently, utilized said supplied weapons to fight U.S. Who would have thought…