"I don't think there are two sides to every story." - Edward R. Murrow

"If a date needs to fixed marking the end of "post-Soviet era" in world politics, it might fall on February 4, 2012. Russia and China's double veto of the Arab League resolution on Syria in the United Nations Security Council constitutes a watershed event.

The Syrian situation has evolved since October and has surged as a geopolitical struggle over the future of the Iranian regime, control of the Middle East's oil and the perpetuation of the West's preponderant influence in that region. Russia and China sense that they could be booted out of the Middle East."

Noun

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proxy war - a war instigated by a major power that does not itself participate

Good News! President Obama Will Have His Drone Returned*

*Although I'm not sure it will be as effective as the one they lost. It appears they're shooting for more of a child's toy/tool of propaganda. This foreign policy policy is working wonders...

"The toys come with a transparent plastic stand emblazoned with a quotation from Ayatollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic: “We will put America under our feet.”

Ask a Jackal: US Military Expenditure

What say you, Jackals? How long can we keep fucking this chicken?

KFTC: John McCain

Maybe this dude left his brain in a Vietnamese POW camp, but the last thing we need right now is to try and build another democracy in the Middle East from scratch.

Apocalypse How: Middle East

Oh fuck.



* Let this play to the end or fast forward, there are about 10 George W. Bushisms that are fuckin' priceless.