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FRANCE HAS ITS OWN VERSION OF 9/11

4/16/2019

Notre Dame in Flames
By MICHEL GURFINKIEL, Special to the Sun | April 15, 2019
https://www.nysun.com/foreign/notre-dame-in-flames/90651/

In emotional terms, the fire that destroyed Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris can be described as the 9/11 of France. No matter what the cause may turn out to be. Like New York, which even in periods of war was supposed to be immune from foreign attacks, Paris was supposed to be spared irretrievable catastrophes, either civilian or military.
That ended for New York in 2001. The last time the capital of France suffered wide range destruction was the Franco-Prussian war of 1870 and 1871 and its revolutionary sequel, the Commune of Paris, which scorched the Royal Palace of Tuileries and of City Hall.
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European Churches: Vandalized, Defecated On, and Torched "Every Day"
by Raymond Ibrahim
Gatestone Institute
April 14, 2019
https://www.meforum.org/58238/european-churches

FRENCH COUNTER-TERROR IN MALI

4/13/2019

France reports major security operation in central Mali
French forces reportedly killed dozens of jihadists after a three-week long operation in central Mali.

U.S., AFRICA:
U.S. Military’s 36 Code-Named Operations in Africa
By Nick Turse & Sean Naylor, Yahoo News: “Between 2013 and 2017, U.S. special operations forces saw combat in at least 13 African countries, according to retired Army Brig. Gen. Don Bolduc, who served at U.S. Africa Command from 2013 to 2015 and then headed Special Operations Command Africa until 2017."

D.C. FACES UP TO THREAT FROM CHINA

4/11/2019

SALAFI JIHAID'S CONSOLIDATE WEST AFRIAN HOLD

4/10/2019

THE HUNGARIAN RESISTANCE GROWS & STATUS OF SYRIA ISN'T GOOD FOR ASSAD

4/6/2019

The Hungarian resistance
Clifford D. May — The Washington Times
Most people want to survive. What could be more natural than that? Most peoples want to survive, too. That’s no less natural. For a thousand years, the lands inhabited by the Hungarian people have been invaded, their settlements sacked, men, women and children enslaved and slaughtered. Mongols, Ottomans, Nazis and Soviets were among those who conquered and ruled the Hungarians. Somehow, they’ve survived. Hungarians today, a clear majority, believe their national existence — their unique identity, language, culture and traditions — is threatened again. This time, however, it is not by nomads on horseback or soldiers in tanks. It is by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the European Union.”... Read more

Diliman Abdulkader writes: In other words, ISIS is not defeated, and ISIS will likely reemerge. […]The SDF, SDC, and the 79-member Global Coalition has taken away Assad’s lifeline by holding on to northeast Syria. The Assad regime is cash-strapped; relieving the pressure now would be a grave mistake. Assad may have retaken large swaths of territory west of the Euphrates river, but most of Syria’s assets are east of the Euphrates. He needs to take them back, and the U.S. presence there blocks him from doing so. The U.S. should hold its ground. – Washington Examiner

Saving Northeastern Syria
How Washington Can Help Strike a Deal Between Turkey and the Kurds
Merve Tahiroglu | Research AnalystAndrew Gabel | Research Analyst

Michael Rubin writes: With the U.S. withdrawal from Syria off the table for now, and with the Turks recognizing that they cannot make an end-run against U.S. interests, negotiations now center on a buffer zone inside Syria to keep Kurdish forces away from the Turkish border. A buffer zone to separate the Turkish military and Kurdish forces might be a good idea, but if it is to succeed in its stated purpose rather than simply be cover for renewed Turkish ethnic cleansing, it should be on the Turkish side of the border rather than inside Syria. – Washington Examiner

RWANDAN GENOCIDE AT 25

4/5/2019

This weekend, Rwanda marks the 25th anniversary of the genocide that left some 800,000 mostly Tutsi people dead.

NEW FORMS OF STATE CAPITALISM RISE IN MIDDLE EAST, CHINA & THE RISE OF SINO-RUSSIAN ALLIANCE AGAINST THE US

4/3/2019

Pulling up the ladder: State capitalism risks the next Careem
Karen Young | AEIdeas
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are modeling a new kind of state capitalism for the Middle East and North Africa region. The long-term effects are unknown, but it is important to question whether the organic startup culture that cultivated the ride-sharing service Careem will survive to create opportunities for others.

China's Han Superstate: The New Third Reich by Gordon G. Chang •

U.S., AFRICA:
U.S. General Troubled by Russian Mercenaries in Africa
By Richard Sisk, Military.com: “Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, the nominee to head U.S. Africa Command, said Tuesday that the presence of Russian mercenaries in the Central African Republic is part of the effort by President Vladimir Putin to regain influence for Moscow in the Sub-Sahara."

US general dismisses Chinese kit in Africa
(IHS Jane’s 360) The Chinese military equipment being acquired by African countries is not of a high quality, according to the US Army general nominated as the next commander of the US military's Africa Command.

Are Russia and China really forming an alliance?
Leon Aron | Foreign Affairs
The history of relations between the two countries is fraught, and they play vastly different roles in the world economy, making a divergence in their objectives all but unavoidable. In short, reports of a Russian-Chinese alliance have been greatly exaggerated.

KILLING OFF HEZBOLLAH IN LATIN AMERICA

4/3/2019

What the Trump administration should do in Latin America to go after Hezbollah

Pompeo Needs to Confront Paraguay’s Hezbollah Problem

THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION & STATE SOVEREIGNTY

4/1/2019

The Articles of Confederation and State Sovereignty
By Nathan Coleman on Mar 31, 2019 10:00 pm
Article II of the Articles of Confederation codified that one of the purposes of the American Revolution was the protection of state
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The Nationalists at the Constitutional Convention
By Nathan Coleman on Apr 07, 2019 10:00 pm
Had the Nationalists carried the day in 1776 and turned the Continental Congress into a national government, implied powers would have been
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