It's so easy to find bad geopolitical analysis and it's frustrating to see how many people fall for it. In this video I'm responding to Black Pigeon Speaks' The POLITICAL ALCHEMY of the Levant (PART II) and pointing out three common mistakes. Follow me on Twitter if you like: https://twitter.com/JoseNotAJay My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/JoseOnYoutube Caspian Report https://www.youtube.com/user/CaspianReport The World Next Week https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/world-next-week Vox's Worldy https://www.vox.com/worldly Original video by Black Pigeon Speaks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcBE6WYooTY Sources https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/29/politics/trump-withdraw-syria-pentagon/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/07/middleeast/syria-suspected-chemical-attack/index.html https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/04/deal-reached-surrender-rebel-held-town-eastern-ghouta-180408172342106.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/04/11/why-would-assad-use-sarin-in-a-war-hes-winning-to-terrify-syrians/?utm_term=.426f1b6a728f https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/04/04/syria-year-chemical-weapons-attacks-persist https://www.popsci.com/how-syria-using-chemical-weapons-2017#page-7 Chemical weapons sources https://fas.org/programs/bio/chemweapons/production.html https://www.bellingcat.com/news/mena/2018/04/11/open-source-survey-alleged-chemical-attacks-douma-7th-april-2018/ https://ctc.usma.edu/the-evolution-of-the-islamic-states-chemical-weapons-efforts/ https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/08/27/216172145/is-it-possible-the-syrian-rebels-not-assad-used-chemical-weapons