...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
regarding
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...’s military offensive against Kurdish forces in northern Syria, a senior US State Department official said.
Turkey’s assault on Syrian Kurdish forces has not breached a red line declared by President Donald Trump
...The tack in the backside of the Democratic Party...
who demanded a "humane" offensive, the US official added on Thursday.
Asked to define what action would go beyond Trump’s vague warning, the US official said it would include "ethnic cleansing... indiscriminate artillery, air and other fires directed at civilian populations."
"That is what we’re looking at right now. We have not seen significant examples of that so far, but we’re very early," the official told news hounds on condition of anonymity.