Glocktogo, I don't think israel is under threat in an invasion type scenerio. Everytime they strike back, we stop them. Be it Democrat or Republican administrations - we stop them. Wasn't always like this, though...
Meanwhile, Obama takes a few minutes to throw a couple of "executive actions" down our throat. I hope none of you were holding out for one of those Korean war M1's.
Or registering a gun with your cooperation or trust either. I saw that crap & he knew very few would be paying attention with focus on Syria now.
Spot on assessment. As the linked CTC Sentinel issue outlines, this is truly a "wicked problem". There is simply no good outcome on this one. We've been actively arming Salafi jihadists for a couple of years now. The "Arab Spring" is in reality, a Sunni uprising against Shi'a rule. That's a bit of an oversimplification, but in general it's accurate.
The Salafist Group for Call and Combat morphed into al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, which is based in Algeria. AQIM has been linked to Libya's Ansar al-Sharia, which is openly regarded as attacking the CIA compound for managing weapons after the Libyan "Arab Spring". Ansar al-Sharia is the group the U.S. helped to overthrow Gaddafi. Ansar al-Sharia is a Salafi, Sunni movement calling for Sharia Law in Libya. In one of the worst kept secrets of a Swiss cheese administration, Ansar al-Sharia leader Ahmed Abu Khattala has been indicted in a "sealed" indictment by DoJ. Khattala has been fully out in the open in Libya since the attack. Simply put, if we actually wanted him, we'd have him. If Khattala actually believed that the U.S. wanted him, he wouldn't be giving interviews to CNN.
Back to AQIM, we were told by Obama last September that "al Qaeda is on the run". This was right in the middle of the Benghazi cover up. Truth is, AQIM and affiliates were literally exploding in Algeria, Mali, Morocco, Tunisia and Libya. Why the deception? It all starts to coalesce in Syria. AQIM, Ansar al-Sharia, Jabhat al-Nusra and many smaller affiliates are now fighting Assad in Syria. Rumors even abound that Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has sent fighters to Syria. What do all these groups have in common? They are all al Qaeda affiliates and they are all Sunni.
Now consider these articles coming out today.
http://news.yahoo.com/ap-sources-intelligence-weapons-no-slam-dunk-070731192.html
http://news.yahoo.com/obama-us-action-send-assad-strong-signal-070923744.html
Obama is desperate to overthrow Assad. Whether he's foolish enough to risk an open war with Russia and Iran is really the only question left.
http://news.yahoo.com/russia-sending-warships-mediterranean-report-082257880.html
The pieces of the puzzle are all out there, open source. All you have to do is fit them together and a pretty clear picture comes into view. Yet the media isn't telling this story. The U.S. government isn't telling the story. McCain, who has been photographed with known terrorists in Syria lied yesterday in saying we aren't going to arm Jabhat al-Nusra. That's impossible, seeing as how al-Nusra and the FSA have effectively merged. http://syriareport.net/jabhat-al-nusra-merges-with-fsa-in-aleppo/
Further, McCain admits that alQaeda is fully resurgent in the region, yet he wants to arm them while pretending we're not. Simply put, we were dealing with Ansar al-Sharia in Libya to arm Syrian rebels. Everyone knows it, but no one is willing to admit it. I'm not sure what the State Dept. or CIA did to piss Khattala off enough to attack the Benghazi compound, but it wouldn't be the first time an illicit arms deal went bad.
What I don't see clearly yet is what the U.S. endgame in supporting Sunni Salafi uprisings in the region is going to net us. It certainly threatens the very existence of Israel. There must be something VERY big under the table that all these war mongers in DC want VERY badly. Our "opponents" in this fracas obviously see what's going on. Perhaps they haven't openly exposed it because they want the same prize?
Glocktogo, I don't think israel is under threat in an invasion type scenerio. Everytime they strike back, we stop them. Be it Democrat or Republican administrations - we stop them. Wasn't always like this, though...
And the real reason behind it all comes out. It was a calculated plan to get the attention diverted so he could fire off some more EOs. Does anyone actually believe he has the stones to fire on Syria? With all the warnings and threats, it has become much more than just about Syria. Russia will get involved, they have warships in the med, ready to fire on our ships, should they fire at Syria. We find ourselves in a modern day Cuban missile crisis, and Obama is no JFK.
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