Dogwalk Musings

Let this be a lesson to jihadist wannabes! Choose who to follow wisely. Especially if you're a foreigner looking for adventure or jus...

The world has always had its share of the criminally insane.  Many have escaped unscathed because they were rulers or part of the inner c...

Unconfirmed rumors of Bagdadhi's wounding or even death have been running rampant all week end.  I'm guessing he'll be making...

It hasn't been easy, this war against the Islamic State.  Even though Turkey now seems ready to let the Iraqi Kurds help the Syrian K...

Unlike this country where the President wants things his way or no way Turkey's Erdogan has played it differently. He really wants to...

Why is it politicians, of any party, feel it is okay to lie to the people they serve?  Granted there are times when it's better we no...

We need more than a genie on a flying carpet to get out of this mess.  Baghdad, if you've looked at the latest maps of the IS progres...

I have to take back everything positive I said about Turkey a few posts ago.  And wonder why they're playing chicken with us with the...

Not so long ago I wondered what kind of trade off the Turks made with IS to get their diplomats back.  Whatever it was it worked. The dip...

I realize there is a lot going on in Washington these days and little of it good.  The incompetence of cabinet level people is enough to ...

Not to take away anything positive that's being done in the fight against IS, I must say the grand coalition has it's weaknesses....