We discuss the key strategic plays that are being made in the middle east. What is Israel and Palestine about? Why is it a very large strategic component? What does it have to do with larger players? What moves are being made to change the outcome? Also, we talk the economic woes of Russia and China. What are we not being told? Why are we not being told? How does this affect what they do in terms of expansion? And, why do we continue to be duped by adversaries time and again? We ask the questions.