Today's Headlines - 7:13 PM: M.N.: Obama's deliberate "isolationism" and withdrawal from world affairs (or rather "farming them out" to others, including Russians, Chinese and Iranians) is the mirror side of his aggressive agenda for domestic "transformation" (including the release of prisoners - the so called "criminal justice reform", flooding the country with the potential "fifth columns" of illegal immigrants and incitement of war, by "radicalization from above", against the police and law enforcement). He will try to achieve the maximum of this agenda during the remainder of his term, aided by the distraction of electoral process.

Maybe you should have paid closer attention. Five months before Obama’s promise to transform America, his wife provided a few clues: “[W]e’re going to have to change our traditions, our history; we’re going to have to move into a different place as a nation.”

Can you say, “Mission accomplished”?

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M.N.: Obama's deliberate "isolationism" and withdrawal from world affairs (or rather "farming them out" to others, including Russians, Chinese and Iranians) is the mirror side of his aggressive agenda for domestic "transformation" (including the release of prisoners - the so called "criminal justice reform", flooding the country with the potential "fifth columns" of illegal immigrants and incitement of war, by "radicalization from above", against the police and law enforcement). He will try to achieve the maximum of this agenda during the remainder of his term, aided by the distraction of electoral process. 

Today's Headlines

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Reviews

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Security

Hacker allegedly gave ISIS a 'kill list' of U.S. troops - CNN Video

Syrian War

Syrian army, backed by Iranian fighters, advance south of Aleppo: monitor | Reuters

Senior Al-Qaida Commander Killed in an Airstrike in Syria - ABC News

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Putin Flying Close to the Edge in Syria - Middle East - Haaretz

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Russia

Medvedev: Russia’s Military Operation Aimed at Defeating ISIS

Medvedev Says Russia Not Defending Assad

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Europe and NATO

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Turkey

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Turkey Starts Delivering Water to Cyprus' Breakaway North - ABC News

Afghanistan

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Obama and criminal justice reform

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