Who EXACTLY are we suppose to be fighting?

Let's begin this "exercise" in Syria.

Before I start I have to admit to being totally confused so pardon me if I seem a tad bit ill informed.
I read the paper, search on line and watch various news shows including BBC but that doesn't seem to clear up the issue.

Back to Syria.....

We know that ISIL,ISIS or The Islamic State has been "acquiring" land in both Syria and Iraq for the last year or so.  How they keep doing this with the coalition dropping over 5000 bombs just doesn't seem possible.

IRAQ appears to be most occupied territory, which makes sense because the training that we did before leaving just didn't do the job.  The Iraqi military obviously sucks big time.  

 BY THE WAY.......
 A few facts in case you've either forgotten or didn't ever care.
 ISIS is a Sunni group
 Saddam Hussein was Sunni
 Saudi Arabia is 85% Sunni
 Iraq is 65% Shi'a 
 Syria is 75% Sunni
 Iran is 95% Shi'a
 Russia is 75% Russian Orthodox

 And at this point hopefully you are saying....RUSSIA...what they hell does Russia have to do with any of this bulls**t?

WELL....APPARENTLY THEY HAVE A LOT TO DO WITH THIS BULLS**T BECAUSE THEY ARE SUPPLYING SYRIAN PRESIDENT ASSAD WITH WEAPONS AND ADVICE.

WEAPONS MATTER MORE THAN ADVICE IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING.

Let's calmly slip back into ISIS territory for a sec......is IRONIC the right word when thinking about our trying to stop a radical Sunni faction of Islam after eliminating a Sunni leader in 2003.

ARE WE STILL FIGHTING THE SAME BATTLE?

ARE WE HELPING ASSAD TRY TO STOP ISIS?
That can't be possible because we hate Assad.
IS RUSSIA HELPING ASSAD TO TRY AND STOP ISIS?
If that's the case they are doing a piss poor job.

WHY DOESN'T IRAN HAVE A POSITION ON THIS BATTLE?
Are they waiting for ISIS to completely take over IRAQ and then have one
major battle for the whole territory?

OR....AND THIS IS THE SCARIEST THOUGHT OF ALL.

ARE THEY ALL WORKING TOGETHER TO TRULY FORM AN ISLAMIC STATE RUN BY THE 
AYATOLLAH 

SOMEONE SOMEWHERE HAS A BIGGER PLAN......AND AFTER ALL IS SAID AND DONE THAT SOMEONE MIGHT BE

MR. PUTIN

We all know that he is attempting to bring Russia back to it's glory days.....whatever or whenever that was actually escapes me....but he does have a resurrection agenda for the United Soviet Socialist Republic.....and although a free enterprise system appears to be the current economic state of affairs...that could change in a heartbeat.

If it looks like a duck and acts like a duck and taste like a duck then it's probably not a chicken.....or something like that.

What appears obvious at this time in our recorded history is the art of deception.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT ANY OF THESE PEOPLE ARE TRULY THINKING.......

AND WE KEEP FIGHTING AND ARGUING AND DEBATING AND WONDERING AND HOPING AND WISHING......

MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST LET THEM ALL FIGURE IT OUT ON THEIR OWN.

WE ARE THE BEST OF THE BEST AND THE STRONGEST OF THE STRONGEST AND
IF WE EVENTUALLY HAVE TO SET THINGS RIGHT....THEN WE WILL.

BUT RIGHT NOW......WE ARE CAUGHT IN A NO WIN SITUATION BECAUSE WE DON'T SEEM TO KNOW WHO SHOULD WIN...OR WHO WILL WIN....OR WHAT WILL BE WON.

IT'S A MIND BOGGLING  SITUATION

SAUDI ARABIA IS THE REALLY ODD FACTOR IN THIS EQUATION

THEY ARE 85% SUNNI
THEY CLAIM TO BE OUR ALLY
WE SELL THEM BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF WEAPONS

IF YOU LOOK BACK AT THE MAP AND NOTICE WHERE ISIS IS MOVING YOU WILL SEE THAT SAUDI ARABIA CANNOT IGNORE THIS SITUATION.

The relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia might be the most confusing one of all.

17 Saudi Arabian nationals were involved in the 9/11 attack and we keep selling them more and more military toys.

I'm not going to bring up all the Bin Laden linage but all that information just makes the relationship with them more confusing.

Remember I did start this all by admitting to being confused....and now I've probably confused you more than you already were.

At least we have baseball and college football.....thank God for small favors.

Go Trojans
Go Dodgers
Go away ISIS........

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Should have replaced Jon Stewart

https://www.francescafiorentini.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0L6Wn9JiR8

I've previously written about the time I saw Steve Martin in 1974 at The Boarding House in SF.  250 people in the small room.  Went back 3 or 4 nights in row taking different people to witness the experience.

I called everybody I knew who had a phone and a few people that didn't need a phone to communicate....(remember it was 1974 and we had different channels open at the time).

I obviously was not surprised when Steve became a giant in the industry.

I don't usually use MIND JAZZ to promote other people but this woman deserves a much wider audience.

Four sentences in a row starting with I means narcissism is quite present.....I think.

She should have replaced Jon Stewart on Comedy Central.

Francesa Fiorentini is soon to be an household name.....unless she gets banished to Branson, Mo.

After watching a few of her pieces......imagine her in Branson and then imagine the riots.

Being truthful, informed and funny at the same time can result in super high reception and super ugly rejection.

(I realize most of her videos are from 2011 to 2014 and that she does current Twitter post but I have to assume she's taken some time off for important personal things)

Once she starts making new videos I think it's going to be very interesting to watch her progress.


Michael Timothy McAlevey

Iranian Nuclear Agreement

http://www.c-span.org/video/?327906-1/secretary-state-john-kerry-iran-nuclear-agreement


The above link gives you a summary of the deal by Sec of State John Kerry.

I would love to hear how anyone thinks this is NOT the best road to travel.....

IT SEEMS CLEAR THAT THIS DEAL IS SUPPORTED BY EVERYONE EXCEPT THE GOP AND BENJAMIN NETANYAHU.

IT ALSO APPEARS THAT THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE STOP OBAMA NO MATTER WHAT HE WANTS MOMENTS IN THE GOP SECTION OF CONGRESS.

CHINA, RUSSIA, GERMANY, FRANCE, BRITAIN AND THE US HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS DEAL FOR TWO YEARS.

I just think somewhere along the line that an effort of this type must be respected.... and the amount of money and support we have given Israel over the last 50 years should count for something.

WE'VE GOT ISRAEL'S BACK AND TRYING TO CREATE SOME TYPE OF SOLUTION IN THE MIDDLE EAST CAN'T ALWAYS ONLY INCLUDE ISRAEL'S EVERY WISH AND DEMAND.

WE AREN'T TELLING ISRAEL TO F**k OFF.......WE ARE JUST TELLING THEM TO TRUST THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN PUT IN BY SIX COUNTRIES....AND APPROVED BY THE ENTIRE SECURITY COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS.

THE MORE I LOOK INTO THIS MATTER THE MORE I SIMPLY THINK THE GOP JUST REFUSES TO ALLOW PRESIDENT OBAMA ANY SATISFACTION, ON ANY ISSUE, THAT MIGHT LATER REFLECT POSITIVELY ON HIS LEGACY.

And sadly I  feel the animosity goes beyond a Democrat vs Republican issue.

This might be one of those moments in history that warrants an e-mail or a phone call to your elected official in the House and the Senate.

Common sense appears to be lacking in the GOP and I think it's very strange that not one Republican has come out in favor of this deal.  There are major players in Israel who are saying this is the best deal available, so something is better than nothing.....and yet not one GOP representative has come forward to say.......yes.

HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?

Michael Timothy McAlevey