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Here is an interesting article about why Russia suddenly decided to partially withdraw from Syria:

http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Report ... ign=buffer

"The psychology of the situation is that both sides in a crisis war commit atrocities that they want to forget, and so they have no desire to talk about what happened, except in the broadest terms. If you're a soldier whose comrade was beheaded by the enemy, you don't want to admit that you got even...

Something tells me that sooner or later, there will be a coup against Bashar al-Assad.

The one flaw of the GI and Silent generations is that they failed to pass on their wisdom to their children. I agree that Baby Boomers and Gen X-ers do not have the wisdom of their parent's generations.

Mr. Xenakis,

Could this be the reason for the sudden withdrawal of the Russian Air Force from Syria? Is it because some of the Syrian rebels just came into possession of surface to air missiles?
https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/NewsReports ... ir-missile

Now that Russia is supposedly (mostly) pulling out of Syria, I wonder if Turkey will finally summon the courage to invade the northern parts of Syria and Iraq?

Good points Solomani. Also, another problem with absorbing this current wave of refugees is that, judging by their actions and words, they do not want to assimilate into the cultures of their host countries. Therein lies the rub.

The passing of Nancy Reagan has touched me more deeply than I expected. I was never a fan of Ms. Reagan before today, but when I saw the video tributes about her life...I realized that with her passing, so goes her generation. She was my last living connection to the society and culture of my youth....

Since I have no control over events and thus no reason to feel guilt, I find it fascinating to watch Turkey inexorably drift away from the U.S. and NATO and gravitate towards the orbit of the other Sunni Muslim nations. Mr. Xenakis and all of his readers know that the future split is coming...but wh...

John wrote: >I don't think al-Assad has to be convinced though. He's a true
psychopath/sociopath.

Like father, like son.