Generational Dynamics World View

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John J. Xenakis[/quote Wrote:****
**** Syria's Al-Nusra splits with al-Qaeda, becoming Jabhat Fateh al-Sham
****


Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, the smiling terrorist leader of Jabhat al-Nusra


The group's leader, Abu Mohamad al-Jolani, announced that the group
was changing its name to Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (Front for the Conquest
of Syria):

   [indent]<QUOTE>"We have stopped operating under the name of Nusra
   Front and formed a new body ... This new formation has no ties
   with any foreign party.

   [The change is intended] to remove the excuse used by the
   international community – spearheaded by America and Russia – to
   bombard and displace Muslims in the Levant: that they are
   targeting the Nusra Front, which is associated with
   al-Qaida.

   This new organization aims ...  to serve the Muslims, attend to
   their daily needs and ease the hardships in every possible way,
   [and to] unite the people of [Syria and] ensure security,
   stability, and a dignified life for the people."<END QUOTE>[/indent]

However, al-Jolani said he remained committed to implementing Islamic
law, and gave no indication that it was no longer a terrorist group.
Indeed, the U.S. immediately said that it would still consider the
group, under its new name, to be a terrorist group, with the
implication that targets associated with the group would still be
bombed.

The split with al-Qaeda was apparently friendly, suggesting that the
split may be part of a larger plan.  In an audio message, al-Qaeda
leader Ayman al-Zawahiri said:

 
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**** Al-Nusra may have learned lessons from failures of ISIS and al-Qaeda in Iraq
****

Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) led by Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab
al-Zarqawi, was defeated in the aftermath of the Iraq war, first by an
American drone strike that killed al-Zarqawi, and later by president
George Bush's "surge" strategy that turned Iraqi Sunnis against AQI.
(See "Iraqi Sunnis are turning against al-Qaeda in Iraq" from 2007.)

Now, that's change Eric can believe in.

Quote:The genocidal campaign of extermination against Syrian Sunnis by
Syria's president Bashar al-Assad drew tens of thousands of young
jihadists from all over the world for the fight against al-Assad,
leading to the creation of the so-called Islamic State (IS or ISIS or
ISIL or Daesh) in Syria, and then its spectacular success in taking
control of large regions of both Syria and Iraq.  But now, president
Barack Obama's bombing coalition strategy, in cooperation with Kurdish
and Shia Muslim fighters, has drastically reduced the regions under
ISIS control, and raised hope that ISIS is being defeated.

Oh, that, John.  Since Assad is being a bad boy, then the US is supposed to intervene in some far off country?
Well, if that's the case, you gotta support some drone strikes in Turkey now. Oh, you said Kurds above. Guess what?  Turkey hates Kurds and has rockedeted them even.  Since rockets and barrel bombs so sorta the same stuff, ya gotta support some dronies for Turkey now as well.   Oh, when are ya gonna bring up some stuff in 
Honduras that Hillary had something to do with?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/pos...uras-coup/

Quote:This is the context in which the al-Nusra - al-Qaeda split must be
viewed.  Both AQI and ISIS imposed harsh Sharia law on the people that
they governed, and tortured, killed or raped anyone who didn't comply.
It should not be a surprise to anyone that no government of that sort
is going to be popular, and indeed both AQI and ISIS lost control when
their own constituents turned against them.  In the end, even
dictators and terrorists must eventually have do what the people want.

Yeah, John, that means the US needs to go back to kindergarten and learn to keep its hands to itself.

Quote:This is a good time to recall the Generational Dynamics prediction for
where things are going and where the trend lines are, since there
seems to be a new event every week or two that moves us along that
trend line.  As I've been writing for years, Generational Dynamics
predicts that in the coming Clash of Civilizations world war, China,
Pakistan, and the Sunni Muslim countries will be one side, and India,
Iran, the United States and the West will be on the other side.
( "15-Jul-2015 World View -- Arab views of Iran nuclear deal"

Once again, we have a major new event that moves us along this trend
line.  Over the past few years, we've seen events that move the US
closer to Iran and Russia, and we've seen the increasing alienation of
relations between the US and countries like Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

Hmm... clash of civilizations?  OK, before there are civilizations, after there's nothing but glow in the dark people eking it out in Dark Ages 2.0.  I must admire that huge reset you've been talking about.