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In his recent article for Jihadica, Aaron Zelin proposed the emergence of a tripolar jihadi world consisting of al-Qaeda (AQ), the Islamic State (IS), and Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). While the first two poles are competing for the legitimacy and leadership of global jihadism, HTS has already departed the global arena and focused its efforts on running its proto-state in Idlib, Syria. Disputes between the three poles are intractable due to the ideological intransigence of IS and, to a lesser degree, of AQ, in addition to the political pragmatism of HTS, which has been conceived by the othe...

Reading Kadyrov in al-Sham: ‘Adnan Hadid on Chechnya, Syria, and al-Qaida’s Strategic Failure In his recent article for Jihadica, Aaron Zelin proposed the emergence of a tripolar jihadi world consisting of al-Qaeda (AQ), the Islamic State (IS), and Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). While the first two poles are competing for the legitimacy and leadership of global jihadism, HTS has already departed the global arena and focused its efforts on running its proto-state in Idlib, Syria. Disputes between the three poles are intractable due to the ideological intransigence of IS and, to a lesser d...

>> i think they are good, really, because there's a lot of men dying over here for no reason at all. >> as the protest grew, nixon struggled to shape his war strategy. he secretly planned and then abandoned a major escalation. he ordered a secret nuclear alert, a bluff to intimidate the enemy. he failed. he scheduled a national speech for vietnam on november 3rd, 1969. he wanted to buy time for troop withdrawals and vietnamization of the war. his speech would be remembered for one line above all. >> so tonight, to you, the great silent majority of my fellow americans, i ask for your support. >...

Political toll, too. and today at the yupted nations -- sorry. >> you have mattis and others saying it's a failed war strategy. is it correct to say that saudi leaders take their orders from the top, from the president? it's relevant here in that president trump has not held saudi leaders responsible for the khashoggi murder and has yet to make a strong public push against this war. without trump himself intervening, is it really trump that saudi leaders are going to listen to and not the mattises of the world or not your committee? >> you're absolutely right. the president of the united state...

Including weapons that have been used against civilians and diplomatically backs saudi arabia. is it your view that the u.s. is complicit in this manmade humanitarian disaster you describe there? >> the u.s. is certainly supportive of the military strategy and it's a failed military strategy. secretary pompeo and secretary mattis both called for a ceasefire 25 days ago. now or organizations have been calling for a cease fire for much longer. there was an admission from the highest levels of u.s. government that it is a failed war strategy. they've called for a cease fire but there's been no fo...