ISIS Butchers Seize Control of Terrorist Safe Haven in Northern Syria, Score Gains Near Aleppo; Latest Debacle Plays Out Treacherous Logic of Turkey’s Erdogan and US ISIS Czar Allen; Al Qaeda Cleared Out, “Free Syrian Army” Ran Away, so Caliphate To

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With A Report From Michael Chiotinis In Athens

Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq — the zone of ISIS control is shown in the center in gray. Close down the Turkish-Syria border, and ISIS is doomed –no US forces needed.

“Caliph” Baghdadi, genocidal ruler of ISIS – without help from Allen and Erdogan, this monster would have been out of business long ago.

US Special Envoy to Syria Michael Ratney — Started peace mission in Moscow this week.

Speaking on NPR’s Diane Rehm Show on Friday, August 28, 2015, New York Times White House correspondent Mark Landler patronized and belittled US peace negotiator Michael Ratney, suggesting that Ratney is obscure, while figures like Richard Holbrooke and General John Allen [sic!] are household words. These remarks show the pervasiveness and impudence of the neocon networks presently mobilized to drive this nation into another catastrophic war over trumped-up charges against Syria and Iran.