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Did a flying legend have one last chapter to write??

http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/26 ... t-recently

ArmChairCivvy wrote:countries, as well as [x, y, z] and Jordan, believe that engaging Damascus can help dilute Russian, Iranian and Turkish influence in Syria, and they are discounting contrary views from Washington.

downsizer wrote:not relevant for many on here mate!

Yeah, oh, well, if we stop flying, then everything stops?
Not quite.

Have we (not just us) been pushing Jordan too hard, with too little assistance? With all those mercurial turns in the Trump-ist ME Policy. And now they feel they will need to create some "breathing space"?
- aligning more with Turkey (to keep Syria "quiet"), Iran (for more than that; ref: the balance within Iraq) and Qatar (for money, if the Saudis are denying it... they may have kidnapped the PM of Lebanon, but do not expect the King of Jordan to go there, anytime soon).

Shader, and the Coalition to Defeat ISIS? No one in the US has ever heard of either, and here is the truth that will live from now on (at least in the US):

"joint operation while the Iraqi military said it had provided "accurate information" about Baghdadi's location.

Mr Trump praised them, as well as Russia - which opened up the airspace it controls for the operation - Turkey and Syria for giving "certain support" to the operation. "

Article V won't apply as Turkey's foray is outside its borders: https://www.france24.com/en/20191030-sy ... rder-clash

There are a couple of Brits in a Virginia court... pleading not guilty regardless of the fact that they themselves video'd the evidence:
https://apnews.com/article/race-and-eth ... 18d6e957ab

So we get all the divorce cases of billionaires from all over the world
... but can't deal with the home grown terrorists?

Not often you see these....