Daily Mail has picked it up to.

I, too, hope the reports are untrue.

It’s a very important point, regardless of if this specific instance is true or not.

Very troubling, indeed.

“Some well connected people say IS and others are on their “last leg”...”

Looking forward to it.

Given the increasingly interconnected world we live in, and the advent and acceleration of globalization and the global economy, it is outright impossible to create a true “Fortress America” to shield us from geopolitical events, and their ultimate consequences.

YES! Peter Quinn to the rescue.

Great run-down.

“Shit, maybe this is Putin’s brilliant move; get the US to fund radical extremist rebels for the next 5 years, then pull out and watch with glee as they attack the same Western powers that were helping them.”

Perfect for a movie!

“What may happen is that in doing nothing, Obama may have the good fortune for the rest of your thesis to fall into his lap in a year or so.”

A population crisis isn’t required to fracture the Russian Federation.

“What arguments do we have in support of what I just said”

I’m not so sure it was a strategic play, either. I ran through all of this in my head (great thing to be doing on a Friday night, huh?) began putting some pieces together, and kind of stumbled across this idea by accident. I ran it by the girlfriend who looked at me like I was speaking Russian, and then decided to…

Perhaps not.

I’d like to advance a theory here. Bear with me because it’s very much a work-in-progress. Tyler, any thoughts are wholly welcome.

Gee, you mean to tell me the US/NATO isn’t forcibly occupying Eastern Europe and supporting the “terrorist” regimes currently running those countries?

We didn’t “permit” anything.

Great article, Tyler.