The “Islamic Caliphate” Might Be an Organizational Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

There are 8 points on the NSC compass -- SW, W, NW, N, S, NE, E, SE – plus CENTCOM.

SW: Sabar Lal fought Soviets, spent 5 years in Guantanamo, and was transferred on 9/07.

W: Typhoon Talas flooded Wayakama, Nara, and Kyoto, leaving 20 dead and 50 missing.

NW: WikiLeaks cables between Washington and Beijing endanger American sources in China.

N: The end of DADT on 9/20/11 re-opens the door for 13,000 discharged soldiers.

S: (N/A on Mexico, Central America, and South America in today’s NYT.)

NE: (N/A on Russia/Eurasia today in today’s NYT.)

E: Left Party, Green Party, Social Democrats, Christian Democratic Union, Free Democrats.

SE: Abdel Hakim Belhaj and his colleagues are struggling to release Subsaharan “mercenaries.”

CENTCOM: Bushehr power plant will be inaugurated on 9/12; what will Turkey/Israel do?

The U.S. might best prevent the rise of an “Islamic Caliphate” by carving up CENTCOM.