Last time I said there were many more things happening, and since then events have added to the backlog. I’ll do another list thing.

1. Although Arab League ministers have green lighted Abbas’ indirect talks with Israel via the US, Syria and Lebanon voted against the talks even taking place. That means whatever comes out of the talks, it will almost surely have no effect on the war plans between Israel and her neighbors to the north. It might even exacerbate them and move the timeframe up a notch.

2. On top of that, Iran and Syria have initialed an economic agreement to bolster the military agreements they already have in place. If the Obama administration ever seriously thought we could pry those two nations apart with some piddling economic carrots, they were sadly mistaken. (more…)

Drumbeats of War - So Many Things

There are so many things happening, I should make a list.

1. You may have seen in mainstream news (though I doubt it, since there was not much coverage) that an Iranian F-27 buzzed the US carrier Eisenhower.

What you probably did not see was (more…)