RE: Islamic State
August 23, 2014 at 12:05 pm
(This post was last modified: August 23, 2014 at 12:12 pm by Anomalocaris.)
The west should never have turned its back on Assad in the first place. That was a transparent, clumsy, and short sighted attempt to opportunistically lever out Russian influence in Syria and install a pro-western government there, mainly by the US. It blew back and Putin is probably laughing his ass off.
I don't think the Obama administration will now turn back and do the smart thing by helping Assad win the civil war and root out ISIS. first this would open him to more opportunistic sniping domestically. Second this would go against powerful neoconservative fraction in the state department who can not stomach admitting that letting a Russian puppet regain preeminence had been the smart thing to do all along.
Instead, I think neoconservatives would argue for the insane course of attacking both Assad and ISIS with boots on the ground. Obama will likely take the course of insane lite by bombing both Assad and ISIS rather than sending troops there.
It appears in every mainly US sponsored color revolutions since 2003, the so called forces for democracy have turned out to have been liars, incompetents, extremists, and fools. Where as so called forces of oppression have been telling what was closer to the truth.
I don't think the Obama administration will now turn back and do the smart thing by helping Assad win the civil war and root out ISIS. first this would open him to more opportunistic sniping domestically. Second this would go against powerful neoconservative fraction in the state department who can not stomach admitting that letting a Russian puppet regain preeminence had been the smart thing to do all along.
Instead, I think neoconservatives would argue for the insane course of attacking both Assad and ISIS with boots on the ground. Obama will likely take the course of insane lite by bombing both Assad and ISIS rather than sending troops there.
It appears in every mainly US sponsored color revolutions since 2003, the so called forces for democracy have turned out to have been liars, incompetents, extremists, and fools. Where as so called forces of oppression have been telling what was closer to the truth.
