written by daniel mcadams   while americans were obsessing about tomorrow's election, the obama administration launched a serious military escalation in syria. us special forces on the ground and jet fighters in the air are deployed in an operation to take raqqa from isis control. chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general dunford announced over the weekend that the us and turkey agreed on a long-term plan for "seizing, holding and governing" the syrian city. is this the beginning of a us-recognized rival syrian government, as benghazi was in libya? we discuss in today's liberty report: copyright <u+00a9> 2016 by ronpaul institute. permission to reprint in whole or in part is gladly granted, provided full credit and a live link are given.
raqqa/mosul: politicians fiddle as middle east burns
daniel mcadams