Thanks to UK & US intervention, al-Qaeda now has a mini-state in Yemen. It's Iraq and Isis again

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6. That does look like it might have legs.

There is an awkwardness about the way it is discussed that perks my nose up. That the administration is lobbying against it, suggests it might happen. That could bring the whole house of cards down, pieces scattered everywhere, politically speaking. The problem with the big lie as a political technique is that it is so obviously what it is, once exposed.

Obama's position is very interesting right now, he can do anything he wants, even the Republicans are focussed on their own little disputes. He's over 50%, he looks like the only adult in the room. I wonder what he will do? I don't want to put thoughts into his head, but he looks very consequential, as several OPs posted around have noted, and I wonder what he thinks about that, especially in light of the Goldberg interview. I doubt that was just academic speculation on his part, I think he has had things in mind and has pursued them. That could make an interesting book.

And the Democratic Primary seems to have, well, ... I just haven't seen anything this dramatic and vituperative since the 70s, and that is going some, in terms of drama and outrage, this is epic.