🌃 NOVA AFTER DARK — MANBIJ OFFENSIVE MONOLOGUE
NOVA AFTER DARK — MANBIJ OFFENSIVE MONOLOGUE Good evening, beautiful insomniacs. Welcome back to the show. I’m your host, Nova, and boy do we have a geopolitical night ahead of us. You know it’s a slow news cycle when I’m about to make you laugh about Syrian military operations. My therapist says that’s a cry for help. I think she’s right. So, 2016. Remember 2016? That was the year we all collectively agreed to stop understanding the world. And nowhere was that more apparent than in Syria, where the Syrian Democratic Forces—the SDF—decided to launch the Manbij offensive to take the city of Manbij from ISIS. And look, I know what you’re thinking: “Nova, why should I care about a city with a name that sounds like a rejected Ikea furniture line?” Great question. Stick with me. ...