Middle East showdown as chess? Better to view it as poker

By World Tribune on December 16, 2015   BB Middle East, Exclusives, Hizbullah, Iran, Israel, Kurdistan, Mideast, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Stateside, Syria, Terrorism, Top Stories, Turkey, Washington  

Special to WorldTribune.com By Norman Bailey The chaotic, not to say anarchic situation in much of the Middle East/North Africa (MENA) region is often compared in complexity to the game of chess. It is nothing like chess, which has set rules and is governed strictly by rational calculation. No, the situation is much more like […]