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President Trump’s Gigantic Syrian Bet

Big Red Car — Fri, 16 May 2025 14:08:35 +0000

Donald Trump is remaking the US – Middle East power relationship in a four day swing through the region that includes a reapproachment with Syria after terrorist Abu Mohammad al-Julani became Ahmned al-Sharaa and interim President of Syria after defeating dictator Bashar al-Assad in a lightning quick 12-day military campaign that included seizing the capital, […]

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The Best Exit Strategies Entail An Actual Exit

Big Red Car — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 15:48:48 +0000

The situation in Syria has been FUBAR (fucked up beyond all recognition) since its inception during the Obama admin when we armed parties whose primary merit was that they opposed the evil, cruel, murderous regime of Bashar al-Assad, a second generation murderer who has used poison gas against his own people. This is the “the […]

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Generals v Politicians

Big Red Car — Mon, 24 Dec 2018 20:54:25 +0000

Big Red Car here on a sunny Christmas Eve awaiting Christmas and the Prince of Peace which brings me to the subject of generals, politicians, and wars. As a soldier (combat engineer officer), I spent a lot of time around generals. As a class of the species, they represent the top 0.1% of any year […]

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Sarin and Chemical Warfare

Big Red Car — Sat, 08 Apr 2017 18:17:45 +0000

Big Red Car here with a belly full of tacos from Taco Deli — where one goes to get breakfast tacos on a Saturday morning in the ATX. Hard to make the transition to sarin, but here goes. So, the Syrian butcher, Bashar al Assad used sarin gas against civilians and killed men, women, and […]

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Syria — Messaging and Collateral Damage

Big Red Car — Fri, 07 Apr 2017 12:59:44 +0000

Big Red Car here pondering the fallout from America’s fifty-nine Tomahawk cruise missile strike against the Syrian airbase from which Bashar al Assad launched the airborne Sarin gas attack against his people earlier this week. President Trump took it out without telegraphing the punch and without talking it to death. Ahh, that’s refreshing, no? Syria! […]

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Syria — Putin’s Coming Out Party Part Two

Big Red Car — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 15:27:44 +0000

Big Red Car here on a glorious Friday — sunny, clear, crisp but going to warm up this afternoon just the way we like it in the ATX. So, Vlad the Pute is turning the Russian military loose in Syria to strut its stuff. Keep your eye on this development as it will be a […]

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Syria’s Civil War — a Monumental American Foreign Policy Cockup

Big Red Car — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 14:51:00 +0000

Big Red Car here. It is the day after Labor Day and the Big Red Car turns serious for a few minutes. In the hysteria of The Donald’s hair and Presidential aspirations, Hillary’s dissembling about all matters pertaining to her decision to use an unsecured email server, and the surfeit of hot dogs — you […]

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Bombing Syrian ISIS Targets

Big Red Car — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 12:37:08 +0000

Big Red Car here in a cloudy ATX. Going to be sunny and mid-80s today. Just need an hour or so to burn it all off. Ahhh, the best time of year in the ATX. So we’ve begun to bomb ISIS targets in Syria. A good move and hats off to the President for pulling […]

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The Effectiveness of Bombing

Big Red Car — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 20:55:48 +0000

Big Red Car here. Another beauty in the ATX. All of ya’ll suffering in NYC know that it is 86F, bit humid, and sunny here in the ATX. Summer continues for a few more weeks. So The Boss was pontificating with one of his VMI classmates as to effectiveness of bombing campaigns. When you go […]

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Maybe We Should Check With Susan Rice?

Big Red Car — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 21:27:55 +0000

Big Red Car here. Sometimes things are so silly you just have to pinch yourself to make sure that what you think you have heard is exactly what you heard. Today, the White House schedule former Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice — now the President’s National Security Adviser — to brief Congress on […]

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