Sunday, December 23rd, 2018
MSM and the “Syrian Pullout” – ITEL – 12.22.18
On what was a “solstice Saturday” with the Winter solstice running parallel with a full moon, or “Dark Moon” or “Long Night Moon”, the longest night of the day of the year was greeted over the week with a growing realization that the US equities market was having its worst week since the financial crisis of 2007. A number of factors have been weighing on the equities markets, including the US-China trade war, rising interests rates by the Federal Reserve, and impending federal government shutdown. Pewdiepie and Droning-on about FightingRead More
Trump Announces Syrian Withdrawal – ITEL PT – 12.20.18
Trump’s National Security Team can make no cogent case to keep American troops in Syria as Trump announces unilateral retreat from Syria while announcing victory over Da’esh. With a Christmas Eve weekend US Federal Government shutdown looming, POTUS Trump shocked the foreign service community with a snap announcement that he was ordering the United States military to begin immediate preparations for withdrawing from what is an illegal occupation of sovereign Syrian territory. Not that President Trump put his announcement in such terms. There was no admission of the criminal occupationRead More