The U.S. and Global Security Review - Blog by Michael Novakhov

M.N.: If not ISIS, then "Shmisis":  "The thinktank, run by the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, said: “The west risks making a strategic failure by focusing only on IS. Defeating it militarily will not end global jihadism. We cannot bomb an ideology, but our war is ideological.” ...  “If Isis is defeated, there are at least 65,000 fighters belonging to other Salafi-jihadi groups ready to take its place." “The greatest danger to the international community are the groups that share the ideology of Isis, but are being ignored in the battle to defeat the group. “While military efforts against Isis are necessary, policy makers must recognise that its defeat will not end the threat of Salafi-jihadism unless it is accompanied by an intellectual and theological defeat of the pernicious ideology that drives it.” Most Syrian rebels sympathise with Isis, says thinktank | World news | The Guardian Over '100 dead' as Turkey presses major offensive against PKK

" Her message, though, was overshadowed by a camera shot of a framed photo of herself of a bookshelf – complete with three figurines posed bowing in homage to her image. Jarrett later fell back on a tweet claiming it was 'a gag gift .'"  President Obama's adviser Valerie Jarrett says she'll 'stay until the lights go off' | Daily Mail Online Valerie Jarrett, Obama's Heinrich Himmler, has her sights on American Patriots and her finger on the trigger - Tea Party News Muslim Government in the U.S. : snopes.com Obama’s Éminence Grise - National Review Online What’s the secret to Valerie Jarrett’s security detail? | Chicago Sun-Times OverpassesForAmerica – VALERIE JARRETT, WHITE HOUSE JIHADIST (read more here) #o4a #news Valerie Jarrett Quotes - BrainyQuote Obama's Right Hand: Valerie Jarrett's Ties To Communisum | The SUA Blog | Stand Up America US Valerie Jarrett, Obama’s ‘Berlin Wall’ - National Revie

Syrian Peace Plan Offers Some Hope, but Has Plenty of Pitfalls - NYTimes.com U.N. endorses Syria peace plan in rare show of unity among big powers | Reuters Doubts About Saudi Arabia’s Antiterrorism Coalition - The New York Times U.S. Airstrike Killed Iraqis by Accident, Officials Say - NYTimes.com Iraq investigating killing of soldiers in apparent US strike - The Washington Post Iraq Blames U.S. Friendly Fire for Killing 9 Troops - NBC News UN security council adopts resolution on Syrian peace process | World news | The Guardian Decisions on Syria unity government must come within 1-2 months Syrian Leader Makes Rare Visit to Damascus Church Near Front Line Putin says Russia ready to increase military role in Syria | World news | The Guardian Detailed San Bernardino Documents Reveal Timeline, Shooter and Neighbor's Years-Long Friendship - ABC News San Bernardino Massacre: How the Key Figures Converged - NYTimes.com Who's Enrique Marquez? Social media, acquaintances

M.N.: Demagogue - "community organizer" ( Alinsky 's student), ideologue - inspirational manipulative "preacher", paranoid controlling "micro-manager", cool (cold, detached, revengeful, angry) "transformer", and with all this - a "good person": warm, humane, caring, responsible, deep, not a show-off, has and enjoys a sense of humor, likes a comfortable and easy  petit bourgeois  life ( mentality determines class ), knows and appreciates the role and value of money. We are paradoxical creatures , our lives - paradoxical phenomena and  experiences .  _____________________________________________ " Like the defense secretaries in the Obama administration who preceded him, Hagel, in an interview with Foreign Policy magazine published Friday, said he was the subject of repeated political micromanagement. In his case, the former Republican senator from Nebraska and decorated Vietnam War veteran suggested there had been a