Notations On Our World (Special Edition): On Europe & The Refugee Crisis

The European Union has agreed on a plan.    Here is the news clip courtesy of the Guardian of London (which was released to our Twitter Feed earlier on #Europe Watch)  that detailed the broad structures which lays out how 120,000 refugees will be settled throughout Europe:


The Syrian Inferno rages on though as Russia and Iran seem to have doubled down on their support for Bashar Assad.   It was interesting how Russia and Israel agreed to "coordinate" efforts.    We view Putin's comments that the Syrian Army was in no position to open a second front as quite telling in underscoring the true nature of the challenge being faced as Assad fights for survival with support from Hizbollah, Iran and Russia.   This is as more continue to leave with nothing more than the clothes on their backs.