Splains what I saw yesterday, that Rouhani had basically made up his own "Axis of Evil" as a campaign point:

Lots of news on the Mideast geo-political front today after the big meeting between Syria, Iran, Iraq military chiefs. (And yeah, who gives a shit about Palestine anymore? Not anyone in the 'hood):

Stuff like this

Iraq, Iran, Syria agree on further anti-terror intelligence coordination

@ IraqiNews.com, Mar 19, 2019, 10:33 pm

US Pressures Iraq Over Embrace of Militias Linked to Iran
@ New York Times, Mar 19, 2019

IRAQ-SYRIA-IRAN HOLD 'TRIPARTITE' MEETING AGAINST U.S. IN SYRIA

@ The Jerusalem Post, Mar 19

“We have shown our unity in this war and fighting together against enemies,” Syrian President Bashar Assad said, according to Iran’s Tasnim news.

Then there's this related stuff going on too:

Turkey hopes Iran, Iraq and Syria will help it strangle the PKK

@ The Jerusalem Post-Mar 18, 2019

On Sunday, clashes broke out in northern Iraq between a group of Yazidi paramilitaries and members of the Iraqi army. The Iraqi army claims that a force of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) attacked a checkpoint, resulting in deaths on both sides. The serious incident – in the Sinjar area where ISIS attempted genocide against members of the Yazidi minority – will raise concerns about instability but it is also part of a larger regional attempt to crackdown on groups connected to the PKK.

On March 6, Turkey and Iran said they were planning to work more closely to confront the PKK [....]

From The Economist's Middle East Correspondent, and author of "How Long Will Israel Survive? The Threat From Within.":

The imminent recognition of the Golan as Israeli territory is very depressing. I'm not sure Trump won't soon be recognizing the West Bank and Gaza as Israeli territory.

Not very relevant, but I just had a very frustrating online debate with someone who said Israel's actions are as bad as the Holocaust.  I ended up taking a Clonazepam.