are closer to temporary safety than this family pictured last week.
An Iraqi special forces soldier helps a family carry their child to cross from Islamic State controlled part of Mosul to Iraqi forces controlled part of Mosul, Iraq, March 4, 2017. Picture taken March 4, 2017. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY – RTS11IXU
Remember when Aleppo was an international crisis that had to be stopped?
At least that is what the American media said.
‘Aleppo is falling, Mosul liberated’
'Hell' in Aleppo, 'Collateral Losses' in Mosul
The days of the caliphate are numbered.
The headline says it all: Fears of mass killings as IS advances in Syria's Deir Ezzor
Treason:
Violation of the allegiance owed to one’s sovereign or state; betrayal of one’s country: the Constitution of of the United States (Article III, Section 3 declares, “Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort.”
Any betraying, treachery, breach of faith, or betrayal of trust.Webster’s New Twentieth Century Dictionary Unabridged; Second Edition 1968
While Americans spend their days navel-gazing and checking under their beds for KGB agents, the Battle for Mosul has not gone well.
Newly elected president (OMG) Donald "War Criminal" Trump (because he will be, believe me) has "laid out his military policy" while introducing Mad Dog "It's fun to shoot people" Mattis as his prospective Secretary of Imperialism.
I take some hope from this interview of Michael Flynn by Mehdi Hasan. It's almost an hour long, separated into 2 halves, so that persons interested in war and peace can think about the first half before contemplating the second half, which focuses on Iran.
I saw the interview earlier this week after reading Seymour Hersh's 2015 article about the Joint Chiefs' efforts to communicate with Assad:
Probably less than one in a thousand Americans are even aware that there is an ISIS affiliate in Egypt.
Even fewer know any of the details behind this insurgency because outside of one incident, the American news media has ignored it. Which is why it is interesting.
During my time on this Earth I've learned that the things the news media ignores are the most significant.
Hillary may be struggling in the polls, but she has an Ace up her sleeve: the commander-in-chief.
You might remember that we are still at (undeclared and illegal) war with the universally hated ISIS, so the C-in-C has the ability to change the tone of the entire political debate on a dime.
The name of this gift is called Mosul.
