The Stench

So the Saudis host one of their favorite terrorist children, Ahrar Al-Sham, in Riyadh after telling the lousy Jordanian wimp not to put that group of terrorists on the so-called List of Arab Sunni Terrorist Groups he's supposedly compiling. Al Nusrah Front is deliberately kept off the list, too, as it's also preferred by the Saudis, Qataris, Turks, the Israelis and the warmonger and so-called R2P elements of the U.S. decision-making apparatus. The long-prevailing explanation to the low-information public is that ousting Assad is necessary to get rid of ISIS, ISIL, DAESH. The fact that the so-called coalition didn't have much success against the terrorists fed that notion. Then the Syrian state got some serious help from its friends against the Sunni Wahhabist goons and their various backers who want to destroy the state for their various and well-known reasons amongst those who pay attention.

No matter the aroma of Mo Nayef and Mo Salman, the stench of Bandar bin Sultan wafts widely.

Giving "Help with Transport" A New Meaning

Reading a bookmarked article from 2014 wherein a reference to a CRS report on oil in Kurdistan drew my attention, I finally learned why the U.S. never bothered to interfere with the theft of oil by various terror groups. Why? Well, you know. Turkey has been "helping with transport."

Erdogan threatens Kurdish annihilation, U.S. turns blind eye

Erdogan's military has been carrying out massive attacks in several southeastern Turkish towns, furthering Erdogan's promise to "annihilate" Kurdish militants. While there has been limited coverage of these matters in the U.S. mainstream press, niche news bloggers have reported both his threats and his deadly actions against his own citizens.

I'm reminded of Qaddafi and his threats to go door-to-door, supposedly the main reason for the move to the UNSC and the R2Pers to destroy Libya. Samantha Power, Susan Rice and the rest of you lousy lot:  where are you now? Erdogan can threaten annihilation and siege whole towns and your hands are over your squinty eyes?

Oh, that's right. NATO arms the Turks and it ain't with barrel bombs.

Irony On Every Corner

Yesterday some research on Amb. Roebuck, now in Bahrain, made me seriously wonder why he got that post considering there is abundant evidence that his primary skill is stirring up sectarianism.

The answer came today in a complaint from the Sultan of Turkey. Erdogan warns that there is a plot to stir sectarianism in order to divide the region. Of course it is a surprise to him and the Arab states of the Persian Gulf that such a plot could be hatched and they be not only unaware, but no part of it.

He thinks the Saudi tanks in Bahrain went across to test the strength of the causeway and cannot return due to safety concerns.