Jim Dean

Stability is when the U.K. and U.S. invade a country and impose the regime of their choice – Noam Chomsky. Old Intel hands are seeing a pattern emerging where, when one conflict is winding down, a new one is cranking up. It is almost like…

The countdown to the Iraqi Kurdish referendum has begun and the battle lines are drawn. Barzani Is pushing full steam ahead, stating that he sees no other option. Baghdad has taken a legal stance, which is of no concern…

“Everybody’s worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there’s a really easy way: stop participating in it.” – Noam Chomsky. The dishonesty and lunacy of the West was on front row display in the run up to the Zapad war game exercises…

“Today, we talk a lot about terrorism, but we rarely talk about state terrorism.” – Bianca Jagger. The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) advance on Deir Ezzor will go down as a modern example of a combined operations success against ISIS, the best…

A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history (Mahatma Gandhi). Tuesday August 1st was the 72nd anniversary of the founding of the Syrian Arab Army. It came as…

“If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.” ~ Nelson Mandela. I don’t often get taken totally by surprise in routine geo-political events like the major meetings, but…

Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win. ~ Sun Tzu. The US plan for the Balkanization of Syria is now laid bare for all to see. The events of the past few weeks…

“Instead of the triumph of democracy and progress, we got violence, poverty and social disaster. Nobody cares a bit about human rights, including the right to life.” – Vladimir Putin. The sands are shifting in the Syrian war, from…

The jury is still out on how much damage the surprise firing of FBI Director Comey will have on the battered Trump administration. The last things we need are more major distractions and poor decisions from a White House in…

“It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.” ― Voltaire. The news on the details of the fourth Astana meeting…

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” – Tolstoy. The Astana agreement seems to have come out of nowhere, a big surprise for everyone. As the details begin to emerge, we are seeing a carefully…

“Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.” ― Ernest Hemingway. Trump has learned the hard way that Reality TV Show blustering is not only an unsuitable demeanor for a President, but…