Posted by:
Lot's Wife
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Date: March 24, 2019 03:18AM
> On the bright side, the Islamic State (Middle
> East, at least) has finally been extinguished.
Are you familiar, my friend, with Gus Avocado's brilliant Tale of the Zen Master?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2L1-TgfKb4It's worth considering in the IS case. Who fills the vacuum between Iraq and Syria now that IS is gone? Assad, the mad chemical bomber, from the west; and Iran from the east, both with close assistance from Russia. And what of the Kurds, the best army in the area, who are now exposed directly to Turkish and Syrian forces.
The Greek Avocado was speaking of the Russian retreat from Afghanistan, of course. A good thing? We'll see. The same applies to a solution that expands Iranian power all across the northern tier of the Middle East to the Mediterranean.
We'll see.