Tales of Tenth Grade

After nine intense years of searching and fighting, the most wanted man in the world, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, is declared dead after a US raid.  Baghdadi, a very devout Islamic follower, emerged in 2010 as the leader of ISIS, which is a prominent religious terrorist group.  Since then, has ISIS controlled an area of land that was equivalent in size to Great Britain, and has been launching terrorist attacks throughout the world. However, the strength of ISIS appears to be diminishing.  I have heard of many ISIS attacks on the news before and I was surprised that Baghdadi was finally killed.  This was surprising to me since Baghdadi is always on the move and has been falsely declared dead several times before.  However, DNA testing has confirmed that Baghdadi's death is the real thing, thus spiking my interest even further. From an American viewpoint, this fact is very exciting.  But, after further research and reading, it is also terrible.  Trump has co...

Trump just abandoned our allies during an attack. And now Republicans are furious.  Even Fox News s tated,  " President Trump's  order to pull U.S. forces out of northern Syria has already been a  disaster ."  Trump done messed up.   On Sunday, October 6, 2019, Trump allowed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Ergodan  to attack the Kurds (our allies) in Syria after a phone call with Ergodan, despite opposition from the military and intelligence agencies. Trump betrayed our allies, ignored our military leaders and intelligence agencies, and made this rash decision after one phone call . These very Kurdish fighters are part of the Syrian Defense forces and have lost 11,000 people fighting ISIS alongside the US, allowing the American soldiers to stay off the battlefield.   For the first time in recent history, this created a "rare bipartisan unity" in Congress, as  CNN  explained,  and has established a huge concern fo...