Tag Archives: Mohammad bin Salman

Was Donald Trump blackmailed into pulling U.S. troops out of Syria by Turkish President Erdoğan?

By Mark | November 3, 2019

I don’t generally pass along news items that I can’t verify, but the U.S. outlet of the conservative British political publican The Spectator just posted a story alleging that Donald Trump was essentially blackmailed into pulling U.S. troops out of Syria by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who apparently threatened to release a recording of […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged blackmail, Donald Trump, foreign affairs, foreign policy, Istanbul, Jamal Khashoggi, Jared Kushner, Kurds, MBS, murder, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tayyip Erdogan, The Spectator, Turkey | 13 Comments

Stand up to the Republican suicide cult, join the Climate Strike

By Mark | September 17, 2019

We’re fast approaching the global climate strike. While events around the world are going to run for an entire week, beginning on September 20, and running though the 27th, it looks as though most of the local activity, here in Southeast Michigan, will be on the first day of the campaign, which is this Friday. […]