So, in the space of two weeks the Russians have done more to smash ISIS than the US & UK have in years.

Anyone would think ISIS is a CIA-backed front....

It's a measure of the war-madness which is currently coursing through the veins of the US ruling class, Neocons etc. that you have guys like Zbigniew Brizinski saying things like, (paraphrase) "We should tell the Russians that if they touch Al-Qaeda we will go to WAR!"

Although, we shouldn't forget that Brizinski is the FATHER of Al-Qaeda...

Best line of the week:

"Putin is playing chess, and Obama is playing candy crush."

And now we have a standing US Secretary of Defence, Ashton Carter (a Dr. Strangelove nutcase if ever I've seen one) saying, “This will have consequences for Russia itself, which is rightly fearful of attacks. In coming days, the Russians will begin to suffer from casualties.”

To be fair to Obama - he's probably the only member of his administration who isn't on some kind of kamikaze death mission.

Clearly he wasn't put off by that done landing close to the White House ....

If you recall, all those years ago when Obama was elected to much euphoria, my expressed view was that he would be a weak leader who would make the world a more dangerous place. Seems to have turned out that way..

If by "weak" you mean he's the least willing member of his jingo-Strangelove administration to commit to direct confrontation with a nuclear super-power then yeah, I guess he's weak.

Obama might not be doing all he can to stop this war mongering profiteering. But the last President who tried that got his head blown off.
But I'd take Obama over most of the other leading contenders for that job both at the time and now.
He's at least managed to hold back the tide urging an invasion and another land war. It's pretty obvious the trade off for that is drone strikes.

Why do so many people still believe the old Cold War propaganda that America and its allies are the good guys and Russia are the bad guys. ISIS and similar groups are supplied and funded by the USA and trained by the CIA/Mossad. Russia has entered the fray and is actually causing major damage to ISIS and the USA is getting upset.

I'm hoping Trump wins the Republication nomination and then the presidency, I'm 57,, had some great years but I'd take nuclear Armageddon over dementia any day of the week.