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Tag Archives: ISIS
Leaving Afghanistan, Triage on a Global Scale
Alan Zendell, July 9. 2021 Triage is an unpleasant but necessary concept. Sometimes, we can’t save everyone no matter how deserving or worthy they are. It happens on battlefields, during epidemics, and in routine hospital settings, as when there are … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Qaeda, allocating resources, COVID, infrastructure, intelligence failures, ISIS, Jihad, nation building, nine-eleven, osama bin laden, revenge, Soviet Union, Taliban, warlords
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America on Trial
Alan Zendell, February 11, 2021 Whether or not House Democrats intended it, the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump is really an attestation before the entire world of what America stands for. The nativist, America First aspect of Trumpism which … Continue reading
The Aftermath: Dead Kurds and ISIS Renewed
Alan Zendell, October 15, 2019 When Vice President Mike Pence announced that he’d been instructed by President Trump to lead a delegation to Turkey, he was quick to assure Americans that Trump did not give Turkish President Erdoğan a “green … Continue reading
When Trump Called Erdogan…
Alan Zendell, October 14, 2019 If you made a list of things Donald Trump has done right as President, appointing General James Mattis as Secretary of Defense would be at the top. But like most of the potentially right things … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Bashir al Assad, Erdogan, europe, ISIS, James Mattis, japan, Joint Chiefs, Kurds, NATO, special forces, Syria, turkey, vladimir Putin
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Danger Signs
Alan Zendell, December 20, 2018 Occasionally, someone you know starts behaving erratically and unpredictably. Maybe he or she always behaved that way, but now the pendulum swings are becoming extreme. Actions appear more dramatic and frantic, and facial expressions take … Continue reading
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Tagged Assad, criminal enterprise, erratic behavior, iran, ISIS, James Mattis, Kurds, lindsey graham, Mike Pompeo, oil, russia, Syria, Taliban, Trump Foundation, turkey, vladimir Putin
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Raqqa
Alan Zendell, October 17, 2017 Where, a mere five years ago, a thriving city of a quarter million (and more including its environs) stood on the Euphrates River in northeastern Syria, this is what’s there now. . Somehow, the world … Continue reading
The Fable of Mika and the Pig
Alan Zendell, July 2, 2017 I’ve always had nothing but disdain for daytime television, but nine years ago, when I began working from home, I started watching Morning Joe with my first cup of coffee. I guess that was the … Continue reading
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Tagged Animal Farm, Brzezinski, health care, ISIS, loyalty, Mika, Morning Joe, Napoleon, North Korea, Scarborough, Trump, tweets, women
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