What am I thinking of these days?
Thoughts of someone The first thing I would like to say is that I do not follow news since I went into vacations late August up until today. The reason being is that I am most of the time busy with my own domestic business which consists of many small chores. It is a personal rather than public business. Months ago, I used to occasionally listen to the news of the war in Syria and decided to side with those opposed to the regime in Syria, not for sectarian reasons at all, and I also was very dismayed by Iran's interference and influence in the region. But eventually, we can say with absolute certainty that the Syrian regime is winning, on almost all fronts, militarily and politically both inside and outside the country. I have been trying very hard to grasp the motives that lead Russians to become that deeply involved in the civil war in Syria; Russia has never been so immersed in a war in the Middle East like this time. But of course, analysts and observer...