Well, it was a quiet overnight session right up until around 2 a.m. EST when
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Halloween-Themed Russian Propaganda Site Uncovers Nefarious Syria Plot
“…at the separate command of a mastermind.”
“We May Come Overnight, All Of A Sudden!” Turkey’s Erdogan Warns, As US Troops Deployed
Earlier this week, we highlighted a story that’s flown (both figuratively and literally) under the
“Flashpoints”: One Slide Sums Up Trump’s Key Geopolitical Hurdles
I’ve been a broken record when it comes to suggesting that geopolitics will become an increasingly important
One Man’s Kurd Is Another Man’s “Terrorist”: Turkey Bombs US-Allied Forces In Syria, Iraq
Ok, so this is something worth noting as it speaks to the absurdly convoluted nature
Nikki Haley Blasts Syria’s Assad In CNN Op-Ed: “Evil Is A Fact Of Life”
“Imagine you are the parent of a boy — a teenager. Policemen come to your home in the middle of the night and take your boy away. He is held without explanation for weeks. And when he finally comes home, your boy has all the marks of having been tortured.”
SocGen’s Kit Juckes Is “Back From The Alps”: Here’s His Quick Pocket Guide To An Uncertain Market
The tough thing about a market dominated by geopolitical concerns is that geopolitics is country- or at least region-specific. There’s nuance, idiosyncrasies, thousands of years of history peculiar to this country or that, religious undercurrents, etc., etc. You have to take all of that into account when trying to make sense of markets in the context of multiple geopolitical powder kegs.
All Aboard The Geopolitics Train! “Thoughts For The Week Ahead”
All aboard the geopolitical risk train! It took one Brexit, one Trump, a close call
Meanwhile, In Syria: Assad “100% Sure” He Was Set Up, US Accidentally Kills 18 “Friendlies”
So last week, following reports that someone had dropped what social media claimed was “white
Video: Trump Recounts How He Bombed “Iraq” While Eating “Beautiful” Cake With Xi
Now to be sure, Xi was probably going to be shocked anyway to learn that Trump had just made a mid-chocolate-cake-bite decision to bomb another country, but I’d imagine the real surprise came when…
“All’s Well That Doesn’t End In A Giant Mushroom Cloud”
Well, you know what they say, “all’s well that doesn’t end in a giant mushroom
Spicer: Don’t Let My Hitler Screwup Distract From Trump’s “Attempts To Destabilize The Mideast”
Listen below as Spicer explains how he “needed to clarify and not, in any way shape or form perform a distraction from the President’s decisive action in Syria and the attempts that he’s making to destabilize the region”…
White House: “Overwhelming Evidence” Russia Trying To Cover Up Syria Gas Attack
“The Syrian regime and its primary backer, Russia, have sought to confuse the world community about who is responsible for using chemical weapons against the Syrian people in this and earlier attacks.”
Reliable Sources: Putin Says Putin Puppet Plotting Fake Gas Attacks To Frame Putin
You know, sometimes you just have to throw up your hands. There’s a difference between
Eric Trump Wants To Talk To You About Syria And His Dad
“If there was anything that [the strike on] Syria did, it was to validate the fact that there is no Russia tie.”
Tillerson Says Assad’s Reign Is Over, Will Meet His “Friend” Putin On Wednesday
“It’s clear the Assad family reign is coming to an end,” Tillerson told reporters in Lucca, Italy. Here are the other notable soundbites…
Relax: Syria’s Assad Didn’t Use White Phosphorous, “Just” “Incendiary Russian Cluster Bombs”
“However, Neil Gibson, an expert at Jane’s Information Group, said the firestorm looked more likely to have been caused by RBK-250 or RBK-500 incendiary cluster bombs.”
“How Could It Be That You Didn’t Know?” McMaster Implicates Moscow In Syria Chemical Attack
“I think what we should do is ask Russia, how could it be, if you have advisers at that airfield, that you didn’t know that the Syrian air force was preparing and executing a mass murder attack with chemical weapons?â€
Here’s The Only Question We Should Be Asking About Trump And Syria
“Lost in the cacophony of unanswerable questions is the simplest one of all.”
Trump’s Syria Airstrikes Raise “Uncomfortable Questions”
“Horrific images were not the only reason military action made sense for Trump.”
Nikki Haley: “Not Any Sort Of Option” With Assad In Power
“There’s not any sort of option where a political solution is going to happen with Assad at the head of the regime.”
Pentagon: US Now Looking Into Possible Russia Role In Syria Chemical Attack
“He thought he could get away with it because he knew Russia had his back. That changed last night.”
Presenting The Syria Chemical Weapons “Kill Chain”
“Based on information released by the U.N., the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), nongovernmental organizations, and the U.S. and European governments, it is possible to construct a picture of the Syrian government’s entire chain of command involved in the research, production, weaponization, planning, and delivery of chemical weapons.”
“We’ve Come Too Far, There’s Too Much To Lose!” Composure Key As World War III Beckons
If ever there were a time when the phrase “that escalated quickly” was appropriate, this
3 Reasons The Syria Strikes Matter For Oil
“The US launched Tomahawk missiles at Syria overnight, escalating the conflict there. There are three main reasons why this matters for the oil market.”
Syria Airstrikes: A Bullet Point Summary Of The World’s Reaction
Here’s a rundown of pretty much everything you need to know in terms of who said what over the past seven or so hours. Most of this is predictable, but nevertheless you should keep yourself apprised.
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