THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR IS BURIED,
BUT THE GAME CONTINUES.
I was tempted this morning to once
again comment on the attacks like the one a few days ago in Germany. I would
have gone down that trail, but to be honest with you, it’s an old story and a
story that simply seems to never change. Yes, random acts of violence are a
part of man’s nature, but try explaining that to the families of the dead. Will
it ever end? Most likely not. It may change causes and it may bring about even
more instability just like what we are witnessing in Europe, but in the end,
man’s ability to do great harm to other defenseless, innocent people is a
sickness that has plagued the Human Race from the dawn of time. How to stop
this most recent round of senseless violence may make for great talking points
on cable news and it may allow so called “experts” to pump out an ever
increasing volume of worthless books, but it’s now going away anytime soon! The
most frightening fact is this. In a world of instant communication and imagery
without explanation, the repercussions of these types of events are more dangerous
than at any point in history.
Okay, off the soapbox and back to
what I really intended on addressing today.
Two days ago, I made this comment
in a post. “So, the Turks blame the Kurds and the Russians blame the Sunni Radicals,
“Terrorist”. With both sides painting
such a rosy picture of their rekindled love, it will be interesting to see whose
story gets to stay the lead answer”. I knew this topic was not worthy of
talking about for at least the first two days or so. I had to give the Tsar and
Egodan time to shape the event to the point some hint of where this was going
would become clear. Well, it looks like that event is beginning to take shape.
You see, this event, unlike most, was unplanned, at least by the Tsar and
Egodan. There wasn’t a page in the play book to turn to. The response was not
scripted and ready to push to the media as soon as the attack took place. In
the Tsar’s or Egodan’s Master Plan, the assassination of the Russian Ambassador
to Turkey was not anticipated. Time. It took a time to find a way to leverage
the death. Look.
The world has basically two types
of leaders. The typical “Leader” watches an event unfold and then sits down
with his or her most trusted advisors to figure out a way to “react” to the
event. Masterful “Leaders” see an event unfold, sit down with their most
trusted advisers and plot the best advantage! There is a HUGE difference
between these two types of “Leaders”! One reacts and the other plots! The Tsar and Egodan are fall into second category.
The US “Leader” falls into the first.
So, after a few days of plotting,
how does the Tsar and Egodan take advantage of the assassination? How do they
appear to sing the same song, but yet, not alter their own plot for the region?
Remember, the concept the Turks and the Russians are hand in hand is the
statement of a fool! Appearance is the key ingredient for both the Tsar and Sultan; I’ve not called him that for a few weeks,
so I figured it was time.
Syria and the vision of where the
conflict is going, that was the “joint’ statement the Tsar and the Sultan
agreed to make. They even tossed in the Persians for good measure as if they
had any vote on the matter. “This act
will not change our resolve to solve the Syrian crisis”…or something like that!
Again, lets’ be clear here. The “vision” of Syria for the Russians and the Turks
are about as far apart as you can get and yet still act like One Team, One
Fight! For the Sultan, there will be no Kurdistan. There will be an image as
the Sultan being the great savior of the Sunni population in the region. For
the Tsar, the payback pain for Western broken promises on NATO expansion will
continue. The drive to secure the Russian frontier will not be altered by the
death of one of their Ambassadors. The hand in hand walk will continue, but the
paths the two Leader intend on taking are very different. At some point in
time, other real leader will need to understand how to expose these two
different paths. Will Trump be the first category of leader or will he show up
in the second category? The West needs a few second category leaders and they
need them quickly.